Determinación de las Áreas Cultivadas y Destino de la Producción de Arroz (Oryza sativa, L) en la Zona Nor Oriental en el Municipio de Paz de Ariporo, Casanare.

Abstract

The Municipality of Paz de Ariporo continues to be the main rice producer and with the highest levels of sowing of the crop in the department of Casanare according to the survey conducted by the Dane and Fedearroz, in addition to the characterization made that gives evidence of the above, becoming a virtuous municipality with great capacity for sustainability, however, it is of interest to produce in a clean way, preserving the environment of the farm, living in synergy in all components, Taking into account that the increase of agriculture in the municipality has been due to rice cultivation, since the sown area has increased in an exaggerated way in the last years, expanding the agricultural frontier changing the use of the soil from cattle raising to rice crops, in this work of business practice the cultivated areas and the destination of rice production were determined through the characterization of the productive link, in the Northeastern zone of the municipality and the three villages with more influence in the contribution of the crop. This activity was carried out through visits, meetings, satellite images and direct contact with some producers in each zone, allowing to clarify, real cultivated areas, technologies used during the development of their crops, level of organization, production, weaknesses, problems and difficulties for the advancement of the rice sector, providing representative data such as the total of 6,459 hectares cultivated for this first stage. 459 cultivated hectares for this first cycle of 2022-1, between the villages of El Vecia, Cañadotes and La Mercedes, which contribute with 18.06% in cultivated hectares of the total sowing of all the villages belonging to the municipality, in spite of this, there is a decrease for the current year but it is not as radical as the entities in charge of conducting the rice census make it look, however, the veracity of the data will always be affected by errors or minimum atypical values during the processing of the same.