WATER USE IN THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION OF THE LODANA PARISH OF THE SANTA ANA CANTON

USO HÍDRICO EN LA PRODUCCIÓN AGRÍCOLA

Abstract

This article has been related to the sustainable development objectives 6 “Clean water and sanitation. Guarantee the availability of water and its sustainable management and sanitation for all†in order to know the water use that is carried out in the agricultural production of the Lodana parish, for this purpose the deductive, exploratory and quantitative method was used that allowed us consolidate a survey applied to fifty farmers in the area. Among the most important results, we find that 80.4% of the surveyed sample has the availability of water for agricultural production without any problem, of which the most used irrigation system is the application of furrows and to bring water to the farm flow pumps are used, on the other hand, 41% of the surveyed farmers are willing to use gray water in the irrigation of their crops. Sustainable Development Goal 8, target 8 was also taken into account, which indicates “higher levels of productivity would be achieved for the economy of the population since profitability is unstable, through the training of new learning technologies for farmers, adaptation and prevention will improve the cultivationâ€, where it was determined that the profitability of agricultural activity is variable, since 73% require other work activities inside and outside the parish to generate income, due to high production costs compared to the cost of sale in the agricultural sector, which prevents farmers from developing new technologies for the sustainable use of water.