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    Descripción y revalorización de los saberes ancestrales en la producción agrícola en el recinto Suncamal, Sacramento y La Isla del cantón Cumandá provincia del Chimborazo
    (2017) Moreno Quishpe, Nury Celena; Mera Andrade, Rafael
    The research was carried out in the Suncamal, Sacramento and Canton Island Cumandá precincts, Province of Chimborazo, with the aim of gathering information to know the ancestral practices that the maize, bean and sugar cane producers maintains in the production management agricultural. For the selection of the sample investigated, a meeting was convened to first socialize the project by inviting the farmers of the Suncamal, La Isla and Sacramento enclosures in them to observe the willingness to participate of 20 farmers in the Sacramento precinct, 30 in the precinct Suncamal and 50 in the enclosure the Island, giving a total of 100 farmers to them they proceeded to apply an interview. All phases of crop management, ie field preparation, seed selection, crop management, disease and pest control, irrigation, harvesting. Four were found in cane cultivation in relation to age with 80%, level of education with 63%, obtaining inherited knowledge with 73% not using any fertilizer with 76%. In the same way, in the cultivation of beans, four ancestral knowledge regarding the age of the farmers over 35 with 65%, by inheritance with 90%, the tools to be used with 87.1% for the sowing are fixed in the cycle Lunar and season of the year with 60%. In maize cultivation, only two factors were found: the first was the age of farmers with 76% greater than 35 years and the inheritance in obtaining their knowledge with 52%. The results of the research make it possible to determine that ancestral knowledge should be revalued among farmers through practical workshops in order to disseminate how the land worked for the elderly and that they should be rescued so that agricultural work can be carried out in search of Get organic and healthy food for the consumer. KEYWORDS: Ancestral Knowledge, corn cultivation, sugar cane, beans a, interviews, surveys, Buen Vivir.