Conocimiento ancestral sobre los sistemas de producción agropecuaria de la parroquia Belisario Quevedo como herramienta clave para su manejo

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Abstract: This paper documents the importance of ancestral knowledge in the sustainability of existing agricultural systems in the Belisario Quevedo parish. This paper analyzes the revaluation of ancestral knowledge and the practices of the peasants through their stability in the production of planting and livestock systems. To obtain the information, we worked through surveys applied to a representative sample of 100 inhabitants, the survey consisted of 49 questions that sought information mainly on livestock management and exploitation. The results, in contrast to the scientific method, do not show major differences in agricultural management, land use, crops and livestock management. Some issues such as planting and conservation of crops, waste management, pollution and livestock production, being necessary to strengthen through training events and advice with the producers in the area to rescue the knowledge that is mostly of great importance for the subsistence of the population and that have been transmitted from generation to generation through their ancestors specifically of grandparents and parents.