Diagnóstico de la situación actual del cultivo de mora (Rubus glaucus Benth) en la parroquia Huambaló del cantón Pelileo provincia del Tungurahua

Abstract

This research focused on the diagnosis of the current situation of the blackberry crop (Rubus glaucus Benth) in the parish Huambaló, to carry out this work surveys were applied to farmers in order to collect the necessary information for research, the questions they were asked were related to their crops. Through the survey it was possible to know that the management by the farmers is mostly acceptable, being very responsible in terms of maintenance; but unfortunately the problems that the farmers had were external and in many occasions they were out of their hands. Among these problems we can mention the following: the poor distribution of irrigation water, the lack of support from the state, the lack of control of fruit prices by the authorities, the absence of a collection center for the fruit that would allow the farmers to have some extra options to sell their product, among others. As we could observe the problems suffered by the blackberry farmers are more linked to the neglect of the relevant authorities; in the same way it is also recommended some alternatives to try to fix these problems such as: the construction of a collection center, that the distribution of irrigation water is done by the provincial council or other state agency, training and delivery of agricultural inputs by the authorities, control in the prices of the buckets. Likewise, through this research it was possible to know some data on the cultivation of blackberry that unfortunately was not previously available, among these we can mention that the parish Huambaló has 192937.5 m2 (19.29 hectares) of cultivated area, while the production yield per hectare of the parish reaches 0.74 tons per hectare per week. The production of blackberry in the parish has been growing over the years, therefore, from our point of view, the authorities should provide better support to farmers in order to improve management and therefore increase the amount of blackberry produced.