Diagnosis and environmental management of cocoa, with emphasis on water resources in the municipality of Campoalegre (Huila)

Abstract

For the study were ask 67 cocoa producers, from this the environmental impacts and threats were identified, water resources attached to the culture. Environmental scenes were built from past, present and future, the viability of each of this was determined and a management plan was structured from objectives, assumptions, projects and programs. 13 positive impacts, 14 negative impacts, 14 threats and 12 opportunities were identified. Likewise, the presence of 44 water sources located within cocoa farms, and the use of streams and other water resources associated cultivation was established. In the management plan nine hypotheses were established, from which 42 projects were grouped into five programs were proposed namely: cultural and phytosanitary cocoa crop management program; forest diversification program; conservation, water management and solid waste management program; production and organizational development program and program for adaptation to climate change, El Niño and La Niña. Thus, this paper collects the views of producers from the impacts and growing environmental threats, from which was carried out to date (June 2015), the only diagnosis and environmental management plan for crops Campoalegre cocoa township, Huila.