Impacto de buenas prácticas agrícolas en el desarrollo de una finca en Los Palacios
Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: Food security and agriculture, as a means to achieve it, are a priority in the current Cuban context, in this scenario family agriculture has a primordial role as a dynamic sector in rural areas. The objective of this work was to show the impact of the implementation of good agricultural practices in the economy anddevelopment of a farm, belonging to the Credit and Services Cooperative Abel Santamaria. Since 2008, supported by the Local Agricultural Innovation Project, the family began the implementation of good agricultural practices to achieve greater diversification, better land use, increase agricultural yields, protect the environment and improve living standard. For the analysis, the values of the productive and financial indicators available in the «Marco Lógico 1.0»software database were used. The results of the study revealed that it was possible to make a more adequate management of the farm, increase and diversify the production, rescue traditional practices, visualize the women role in the rural context, generate higher incomes, as well as contribute to food sustainability and to family welfare.
Institution: University of Pinar del Río
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2901856410