COMMUNITY USE OF WATER AND LAND FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF PASTURE
Milk livestock is the main system of production of the Andean communities of the Ecuador. Feeding of the animals isbased with pastures, that every day is more difficult by the division of the lands "minifundios.and changes in rainfallcycles. However, to maintain a constant and sustainable production, small farmers implement community systems ofsprinkler irrigation, which optimize the use of soil and water. The project aimed to study the land use, efficiency ofsystems of irrigation, quality, and health of soil as indicators of sustainability in the production of pastures. Surveysto water users were conducted to determine the use of the soil, the irrigation efficiency were evaluated at the level ofmain channel, distribution and in the plot, and representative soil samples were taken throughout in the territory. Itwas noted that there is a stratification of the land according to the size of farms, farm-level water use efficiency is lowand the quality of soils varies with altitudinal belts. It is concluded that the production of pastures for cattle feedingis done on farms between 1 to 5 ha., in the altitudinal zones of 2,850 to 3,600 m. above sea level. The implementationof sprinkler irrigation systems and management of soil quality indices contribute to sustainable pasture production
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | spa eng |
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Universidad Politécnica Salesiana
2017
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| Online Access: | https://lagranja.ups.edu.ec/index.php/granja/article/view/26.2017.12 |
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| Summary: | Milk livestock is the main system of production of the Andean communities of the Ecuador. Feeding of the animals isbased with pastures, that every day is more difficult by the division of the lands "minifundios.and changes in rainfallcycles. However, to maintain a constant and sustainable production, small farmers implement community systems ofsprinkler irrigation, which optimize the use of soil and water. The project aimed to study the land use, efficiency ofsystems of irrigation, quality, and health of soil as indicators of sustainability in the production of pastures. Surveysto water users were conducted to determine the use of the soil, the irrigation efficiency were evaluated at the level ofmain channel, distribution and in the plot, and representative soil samples were taken throughout in the territory. Itwas noted that there is a stratification of the land according to the size of farms, farm-level water use efficiency is lowand the quality of soils varies with altitudinal belts. It is concluded that the production of pastures for cattle feedingis done on farms between 1 to 5 ha., in the altitudinal zones of 2,850 to 3,600 m. above sea level. The implementationof sprinkler irrigation systems and management of soil quality indices contribute to sustainable pasture production |
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