Fortalecimiento del manejo de podas mediante prácticas extensionistas en el cultivo de Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) en el Municipio de Saravena.

Abstract

Taking into account the importance and the economy generated by the cultivation of cocoa to the cocoa-growing families of the municipality of Saravena, this being the first productive and economic agricultural line in the region, the need has arisen to develop the following investigation that seeks to analyze the main shortcomings and give some possible recommendations that help improve productivity in cocoa cultivation, this through rural extension tools through periodic technical visits to the property, delivery of printed information (brochures) and direct training to the population, in the issue of pruning in cocoa cultivation in the municipality of Saravena; With the use of some research methodological tools, direct primary information was collected through a characterization carried out with a survey of 20 producers from the cocoa area of the municipality. During the execution of the investigation, a high rate of failures in terms of pruning management in the cocoa crop was identified in the population, due to the little rural technical assistance or continuity of technical offer that in some way or another is affected both the productivity and competitiveness of cocoa farmers. The results allow us to conclude that the low production per hectare and quality of the cocoa bean of this population is due to the mismanagement that is being given to the crop, since the producers give empirical management to their crop at the time of production. carry out maintenance, phytosanitary, rehabilitation and training pruning, this is due to several factors such as the lack of technical assistance due to the fact that it is limited by public order problems and accessibility to cocoa-growing areas