Fortalecimiento de las buenas prácticas agrícolas (BPA) y ambientales en cultivo de café en las veredas de carrizal y morquecha (norte y sur), municipio de Cucutilla, Norte de Santander.

Abstract

Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) are practices that are carried out in order to guarantee environmental, economic and social sustainability for production processes, complying with quality standards and safety of food and non-food products. In the following work, the strengthening of GAP was promoted among small coffee producers in the villages of Carrizal, Morquecha Norte and Morquecha Sur, located in the municipality of Cucutilla, North Santander Department, where a series of small practices such as realization of the sketch of the farm, signs, organization and completion of records, activities that were assigned taking into account that they were accessible to producers, ensuring sustainable productive development from an environmental perspective in the activities of coffee production management, For this case, advice was provided to a total of 45 producers distributed in the mentioned villages, in a period of 4 months, applying rural extension techniques implementing the Agricultural Field Schools (ECAS), where strategies such as small talks, assistance telephone, visits to each of the properties applying a survey in order to self-evaluate and second in order to verify compliance with the proposed activities from the beginning of the project. It should be noted that this project had a moderate level of satisfaction on the part of the producers, because many of them, exactly 76%, did not comply with the proposed activities, due to the lack of commitment to their properties and also the lack of of time for the work they do every day on each of their farms; However, it is important to highlight that there were 24% of farms where farmers were encouraged to carry out these activities and understood the importance of their application on their land, assuming individual and collective responsibilities, demonstrating their commitment to environmentally friendly agricultural practices. which are evidenced in organization, signage, solid waste management and proper management of spaces. Although not all producers joined these activities, it is encouraging to see that some recognized the importance of adopting environmentally friendly practices on their land, this shows the potential to drive positive change in this community and promote more sustainable and eco-conscious agriculture. its environmental impact.