Evaluation of a production system in fragile ecosystems of mountain incorporating indicators’ of sustainability. Occasion study
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The demonstrative property, of the Organ of Attention to the Integral Development of the Mountain, of the Ministry of the Agriculture, in the region Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa, was chosen to implement and to validate the Marco’s application for the Evaluation of Systems of Managements, Incorporating Indicators of Sustentability (methodology MESMIS), in fragile ecosystems of mountain. The intention was to achieve, with the application of novel methods, the improvement of the conditions of life and the development of the producers and inhabitants of the area, and that this way it contributes to satisfy the basic and alimentary necessities of these residents. An agroecological diagnosis of six Systems of Management in the environment of the selected property was carried out (property La Colonia), and of this, the determination of the critical points, the selection of the strategic indicators, the mensuration and checking of the selected indicators, the presentation and integration of the results, the conclusions and the recommendations. It was demonstrated that the use of this evaluation system in the properties, contributes to correct deviations in the agricultural practices and in the establishment of measures of organizational character that allowing to reach and to consolidate the development and to improve the conditions of the rural families, as well as the results of the cultivations and other used productions. Satisfactory results were obtained in the evaluated years (2006-2010), as for the degree of productivity and the efficiency, being demonstrated the sustentability of the System of Management.
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