Experiences in the agroecological production of coffee plants in the state of Trujillo

Abstract

The coffee tree is one of the main agricultural items grown in Venezuela, whose production is in the order of 1,500,000 quintals of 46 kilos each. Among the main producing states of the country are: Táchira, Mérida, Trujillo, Lara, Portuguesa, Monagas, Sucre, Barinas, Yaracuy, Falcón, Carabobo, Aragua and Anzoátegui, For its part, Trujillo has an area of ​​22,269.41 hectares in coffee-growing municipalities such as: Boconó, Trujillo, Campo Elías, Escuque, Monte Carmelo, Pampanito, Pampán, Urdaneta, Carache, Carvajal, Valera, Rafael Rangel and Candelaria, contributing largely to the country's economy, coffee is one of the main items in agricultural production, contributing more than 12% of national consumption, a product of the policies that the Bolivarian Government has always implemented, allowing the producer to have the necessary resources to maintain their coffee plantations.

The Trujillo state has 13 coffee-growing municipalities that for a long time their main and traditional activity was the cultivation of coffee under shade, which provided protection to the basins and consequently conserved the water of its tributaries. In recent times, the degradation of coffee plantations and loss of the vegetal layer of the soils have been observed, probably due to the fact that the producers were displacing the cultivation of coffee towards other areas to bare soil, given the low income from the sales of their crops. harvests, deterioration of plantations and the incidence of pests and diseases.

Due to the aforementioned, the production of seeds and coffee plants in nurseries is necessary for the renewal and maintenance of traditional coffee plantations in the Trujillo state.