Sistema de riego automatizado por micro aspersión para el cultivo de cacao en el Municipio de Cabuyaro, Meta

Abstract

The Meta department has an important agricultural production area represented by palm oil, corn, rice, cocoa, rubber plantain crops, among others. Cocoa represents 7% of departmental production, according to the Municipal Agricultural Evaluation of the Ministry of Agriculture in 2018 with approximately 8,000 hectares of Cocoa planted. The municipality of Cabuyaro is part of the Meta River Sub-region, since 2012 the area planted with Cacao has increased taking into account its topography and climate characteristics suitable for the production of this product. For the year 2018 the production of Cocoa in the municipality is represented by 0.86% of the production of the department of Meta (ton) having approximately 300 Ha planted in the same period. Cocoa production in the department of Meta is linked to the development of the region, being a product that has remained in the midst of the conflict, consolidating itself as an alternative for growers who have not moved from their territories affected by the armed conflict. For this reason, cocoa has become a symbol of peasant resistance, giving hope of life and peace. The inclusion of automated irrigation systems in cocoa crops allows to have control over the application of water in the crop according to its need and thus guarantee the efficient use of the water resource, allowing to optimize production and including technologies in The agricultural sector of the department. Currently, there are devices that allow us to know the status of the variables involved in the irrigation system, such as demand, pumping equipment, valves and humidity sensors, which allow monitoring and monitoring. control of the behavior of the system to guarantee its proper functioning, the optimization of the energy resource, and therefore the proper management of the water resource.