Evaluación del efecto del cambio climático como amenaza para el sector agrícola de la parroquia Izamba, cantón Ambato

Abstract

Climate change is a fact that has been evident around the world, altering the temperature and precipitation, causing changes in environmental conditions, which has affected different sectors, one of the main ones being the agricultural sector, especially in third world countries. Consequently, different studies have been carried out in different countries to collect information about the perceptions of the causes and effects that climate change has caused in the agricultural sector, and although in most of them anthropogenic activity has been considered the main reason, a large percentage do not agree to change their lifestyle to change this situation. Ecuador is a developing country where the technology used to carry out agricultural activities is not viable to face the adverse effects of climate change. The Izamba parish belonging to the Tungurahua province is no exception, the farmers of the place affected small and medium-scale cultivation areas, which is why it has been important to carry out an evaluation of the effects that climate change has had on the sector, as well as the knowledge that farmers have about this event, in addition to the transition process they have undergone in terms of field laboratories between past years and today