Sustentabilidad de sistemas de riego por aspersión comunitarios: caso de estudio “Asociación Agropecuaria 17 de junio”, parroquia Cangahua, cantón Cayambe

Abstract

The objective of this study was to characterize the sustainability of the semi-fixed sprinkler system operating in the "17 de Junio agricultural association" located in the Cangahua parish through the MESMIS methodology, which means: "Framework for the Evaluation of Management Systems incorporating Sustainability Indicators”. Mainly, 21 sustainability indicators were evaluated and the attributes of productivity, stability, reliability, resilience, adaptability, equity and self-sufficiency were considered. According to the results, a semi-fixed irrigation system is not enough to cover the total need for water, during the interval of one week, when the crop area is more than 10 hectares; from the information generated makes it possible to identify critical points and possible improvements by indicator. It is concluded that the productivity and sustainability of any irrigation system depends to a large extent on the fulfillment or not of the goals, how to provide the correct irrigation sheet to the crop, which one, in the case of this study is 13 mm. of water weekly, irrigating on all the places of the field of cultivation.