Caracterización y tipificación económica y social de las unidades productivas agropecuarias usuarias del canal de riego Zapotillo, provincia de Loja, 2017.

Abstract

This work was conducted in Canton Zapotillo, Loja province, in order to map and characterize the beneficiaries of the irrigation canal Zapotillo agricultural productive units. To generate the information a survey was applied to 278 owners of farms in the parishes of Zapotillo, Lemons, Garza Real. Production units were characterized using descriptive analysis and typified by multivariate statistical method, including principal component analysis and cluster analysis. Based on the common features of WCU, three clusters were identified: the first group characterized by having high production onion and goats, moderate rice production, low levels of maize production, swine and poultry; the second group includes basically farms escaza onion production, reduced production of both rice and maize, medium production goats and high production of pig and poultry; while the third group has farms escaza production onion, rice, corn, and reduced production of goats, pigs and poultry.