Sustentabilidad y nanejo agroecológico mediante indicadores en un paisaje agrícola: estudio de caso a nivel de finca, Amazonía Ecuatoriana

The objective of this work was to evaluatesustainability and agro-ecological management in theGuayacan estate, Santa Clara canton, Pastaza province,Ecuador. It was characterized by the methodology forassessing sustainability in the Ecuadorian Amazonregion (MESRAE), which involved 36 indicators toquantify sustainability an ordinal and numerical scale of1 to 10 was used, considering high levels (>6.5 to 10),medium (>5.5 to 6.5) and low (<5.5), distributed in fourdimensions, environmental, socio-cultural, political andeconomic, with the values obtained for each dimensionwere constituted “ameba” flowcharts that allow tovisualize the general state and level of sustainabilityof the farm, the average sustainability index presentedthe following order: environmental dimension (6.85),socio-cultural dimension (7.58); political dimension(4.02); economic dimension (4.32), which wereclassified as high, medium or low sustainability; theindex obtained from the farm is 5.69, level one. Theresults suggest that sustainability at the farm levelpresented critical points in the environmental, economicand political dimension. Indicators to be improved are:a) Soil erosion level b) Presence of benzephic insects, c)Low presence of biodiversity d) Monthly net income ofUPA), e) Agricultural input costs (balanced, deparasive,salt), f) Marketing strategies, g) Savings strategy, h)State programs related to the farm (Ganader Systems),i) Level of acceptance of state programs, j) Articulationof the farm with other accompanying institutions.