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Adoption of Sustainable Agriculture Practices through Participatory Research: A Case Study on Galapagos Islands Farmers Using Water-Saving Technologies
- Agriculture in the populated islands of the Galapagos Archipelago, a protected area due to its unique biodiversity, has been detrimental to its conservation but highly required to meet food necessities. A potential solution to make agricultural farming more sustainable is adopting water-saving technologies (WSTs). Therefore, this study aimed to test the effectiveness of using WSTs such as Groasis Waterboxx® in three of the most valuable crops in the islands through participatory research with the involvement of a group of farmers from the Floreana and Santa Cruz islands and explore a possible transition to more sustainable agricultural practices. Capsicum annuum, Cucumis sativus and Solanum lycopersicum were cultivated using Groasis Waterboxx® and compared to conventional irrigation practices (drip-irrigated controls) to assess the variability of productivity, the number of fruits and individual fruit weight (IFW). In addition, differences in plant traits were analyzed by crop, and island. Results suggested that WSTs such as Groasis Waterboxx® may provide on-farm benefits regarding the yields of the studied traits. From this study, it is difficult to determine whether participation in such a research study will permanently change irrigation practices. However, the participant’s responses to the study suggest an increase in their understanding of the use and benefits of WST.
Author: | Patricia Jaramillo Díaz, Anna Calle-Loor, Ekaterina Gualoto, Carlos Bolaños, David Cevallos |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:gbv:9-opus-76079 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11212848 |
ISSN: | 2223-7747 |
Parent Title (English): | Plants |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Place of publication: | Basel |
Editor: | Fermin Morales |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of first Publication: | 2022/10/26 |
Release Date: | 2022/11/14 |
Tag: | Floreana; Groasis Waterboxx; Santa Cruz; dry-cold season; individual fruit weight; maximum plant height; productivity traits; wet-warm |
GND Keyword: | - |
Volume: | 11 |
Issue: | 21 |
Article Number: | 2848 |
Page Number: | 16 |
Faculties: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Botanik und Landschaftsökologie & Botanischer Garten |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung |