The soil is considered an essential natural environment for life, according to research carried out by several scientists, various crops can be developed with adequate productivity standards. The current problems of world ...

Over the years, the indiscriminate use of fresh water has diminished the planet's natural reserves and conventional agriculture is a participant in this abuse. In order to control this fact to some extent, calculations of ...

Worldwide there is a great demand in the food system to cover clearly differentiated needs. There are a number of criteria referring to the production system, taking into account the conventional and agroecological system; ...

Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) is a plant native to America, it belongs to the genus theobroma. Worldwide, annual cocoa production is 4.3 million tons of cocoa beans, of which 74.9% are distributed, concentrated in West Africa, ...

The banana (Musa x paradisiaca L.) is considered one of the most important and valuable raw materials in the world economy, so that for the main exporting countries of this item represents a fundamental part of their foreign ...

This work was conducted at the Guayacanes site, belonging to the parish of La Cuca, Arenillas cantón, El Oro province. In the period from September 2020 to March 2021. Cacao, belonging to the Malvaceae family, is one of ...

Tomato cultivation originated in South American regions, the center of domestication is attributed to Mexico because there is a great variety of native tomatoes. It is a horticultural species known for its high diversity, ...

The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), is a legume that is distributed in the five continents, because it presents a great genetic diversity and adaptation to different edafoclimatic conditions. It develops in warm, ...

Cacao (Theobroma cacao L) is one of the most important crops of agricultural importance in Ecuador. Cocoa production is located in 23 provinces of the country, however, the crop's yield is affected by one of the main ...

Banana cultivation is widely distributed throughout the regions of the planet that present favorable conditions for its development, it is considered the fourth most important food crop worldwide, likewise Ecuador produces ...