Comprobación de los Mapas de Zonificación Agroecológica Generados por el CISAS para los Rubros de Café, Cacao, Ganadería, Piscicultura y Ciclo Corto y el Mapa de Uso y Cobertura Vegetal Generado por el MAE del Año 2014

The Iniciativa para la Conservación en la Amazonía Andina (ICAA) is a conservation initiative implemented by a consortium of organizations, including the Nacionalidad Originaria A'I Kofan Del Ecuador (NOA'IKE) and the Coordinadora Indígenas de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica (COICA). The ICAA aims to conserve the Amazonian Andean region through sustainable agriculture practices. To achieve this goal, the initiative has established a partnership with the Centro de Investigaciones y Servicios Agropecuarios (CISAS), a provincial institution dedicated to research, extension, and commercialization of agricultural products. The CISAS has prioritized five main crops: coffee, cacao, livestock, pisciculture, and short-cycle crops (maize and rice). The initiative aims to verify the levels of productivity in farms and define productive practices according to the agroecological zoning maps generated by CISAS for these crops. Additionally, the initiative will verify the 2014 land use and vegetation cover map generated by the Ministry of Environment (MAE-MAGAP). The methodology for data collection involved visiting producers of the five crops in the province of Sucumbíos. The CISAS technicians collaborated in the planning and execution of these visits. A total of 200 surveys were conducted, but the data collection for the crops of coffee, maize, rice, livestock, and pisciculture was incomplete due to various factors, including the absence of producers in the designated areas and the small surface area of the high-productivity zones. The data collected was structured in a statistical analysis system (SPSS, SAS, STATA) as part of the initiative's product B. The distribution of the points taken in the field was represented geographically, and the number of points sampled for each crop and level of productivity was determined. The results of the initiative will be used to recommend possible adjustments to the zoning and prioritization of interventions by the provincial government for the five crops. The initiative aims to reduce pressures on biodiversity and forests in the province and promote sustainable agriculture practices. The data collection process was challenging due to the lack of producers in the designated areas and the small surface area of the high-productivity zones. However, the initiative was able to collect data for the cacao crop, which has a representative number of producers in the province. The initiative's findings will contribute to the development of policies and strategies for sustainable agriculture in the province of Sucumbíos. The results will also inform the update of the Provincial Development and Territorial Ordering Plan.