In the Ecuadorian agricultural production sector, the agricultural activity of greatest economic importance is the cultivation of bananas, representing 3.84% of the total GDP, 50% agriculture, and 20% of the country's ...

Charcoal or biochar is obtained from vegetable or animal waste material. This research focuses on obtaining two biochars from cocoa husks and bovine manure to give a positive environmental effect to sustainable agriculture, ...

The cultivation of bijao has potential use in the agro-industrial sector, because the foliage is used as a raw material, in the production of protectors, utensils, candy packaging, it is used in a biodegradable way because ...

This research makes a theoretical analysis of how the Ecuadorian banana sector has evolved since the last decade, addressing the economy and productivity dimensions, emphasizing the differentiation between the pre- and ...

The objective of the experimental study was to evaluate the interaction effect of passion fruit varieties (yellow and purple) and planting distances (3 m between rows x 5 m between plants, 4 m x 3 m, 4 m x 5 m and 3 m x 3 ...

Silvopastoral systems are defined as the combination of fruit trees and timber use with pastures and breeding animals, all depending on the area or place where the agroecosystem is established. Its main objective is to ...

Coffee cultivation is a perennial plant that is produced mainly by seeds, which is why it is essential to have a plant material that guarantees physical and phytosanitary quality, which also allows the producer to obtain ...

Globally, banana (Musa spp.) is positioned as the fourth largest food crop after corn, rice and wheat, and represents an average of 15% of the world's total fruit production, edaphic fertilization is one of the most widely ...

Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) is a herbaceous tree that belongs to the theobroma genus. Worldwide, cocoa production annually is 4.3 million tons of cocoa beans, of which 74.9% are concentrated in West Africa, 12.1% in Southeast ...

The cocoa plant is a tree that develops in tropical areas with high humidity, its growth expands geographically in different regions of the world. The American continent encompasses a great diversity of plantations of the ...