Resumen

LOOR-SACIDO, Oscar Alejandro; CEVALLOS-MERA, Richard Xavier  y  SHKILIOVA, Liudmyla. Diagnosis of Agricultural Mechanization in Four Communities in Manabí Province, Ecuador. Rev Cie Téc Agr [online]. 2019, vol.28, n.1 ISSN 2071-0054.

The objective of this paper is to present the results of diagnosing the current situation of agricultural mechanization in four communities of Manabí Province in Ecuador. The methodology used in this research was based on field work. The main tool was a survey with quantitative and qualitative questions, which was applied to 239 inhabitants of four communities Bonce, El Beldaco, Mapasingue and Santa Martha, located in the Valley of Portoviejo River and that are close to the geographical boundary between the cantons of Santa Ana and Portoviejo. The results showed that agricultural areas are mechanized on an average of 39.8%. Only the soil preparation operation is mechanized, using for this purpose mainly the tractors rented to private companies (more than 60%) and very few to community associations (2%). The average surface indicator used by a tractor is 48.8 ha/tractor, in machining index is on average 2.28 hp/ha, which is high compared to the recommended 1 hp/ha (Gaytán, 2007, quoted by Sánchez-Hernández et al, 2014). High level of mechanization is due to the use of tractors with higher power than necessary, according to the surface worked.

Palabras clave : index of mechanization; family agriculture.

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