Formulación de plan de Mejora de Buenas Prácticas Agrícolas (BPA) en sistemas de producción de cacao, (Theobroma cacao L.) como modelo piloto en el municipio de Vista Hermosa (Meta).

Abstract

During the second semester of 2021, the characterization and improvement plan was carried out for the implementation of Good Agricultural Practices in cocoa production systems as a pilot model in the municipality of Vista Hermosa, a city affected by the armed conflict and illicit crops but with great potential for cocoa cultivation and where its producers have found an alternative to replace crops and improve their quality of life. The characterization was carried out on 10 producers using the thematic manual of the facilitator in GAP (Resolution 082394 of 2020), designed by the ICA, and the self-diagnosis in GAP through which the necessary information was obtained to formulate improvement plans and carry out an analysis. economic according to the shortcomings found. The results obtained in the characterization showed that the level of current implementation of each producer is different from each other and at the same time no producer is prepared for certification given the production conditions found, the poor socialization of the benefits in economic, environmental terms. and sustainability as well as the impacts that are generated in international markets by accessing GAP certification. Within the framework of the characterization of the producers that do not have progress at any level (fundamental, major and minor), the necessary budget is $19.141.000. GAP improvement plan elaborated in the present work is a proposal that allows establishing itself as a guide for all cocoa producers in the municipality of Vista Hermosa who will have the objective of accessing this certification, since it has the requirements established by the ICA. within the framework of the International Standard and in articulation with the agreements and pacts of the TLCs