Dichos del sector agropecuario: mitos o realidad según el conocimiento de los agricultores en el cantón Paltas

Abstract

Abstract: The objective of this work is to obtain ancestral information related to sayings or myths according to the knowledge of farmers who carry out productive activities in the agricultural and livestock sector, developed in the Paltas canton and its parishes as part of the local knowledge that the population possesses to be compared with technical and scientific information on the subject. To obtain the information, a survey made up of open and closed questions was used, they were applied to people dedicated to agriculture and livestock in order to know their beliefs about sayings that have been heard and if they are still being transmitted to new generations and if these are comply. The results obtained reveal that even the sayings or myths continue to be part of the agricultural activities that they carry out daily and that continue to be transmitted from generation to generation, based on different customs that grandparents and parents have managed to maintain to guarantee a good management of their agricultural and livestock activities.