Diseño de un sistema de monitoreo de las principales variables y etapas en el desarrollo de los cultivos de Pitahaya amarilla

Abstract

Farmers in some municipalities of Valle del Cauca are producing and starting to export yellow Pitahaya, an exotic fruit desired for its flavor, texture and nutritional properties with demand in the international market. However, since the Colombian agricultural sector is one of the most laggards in terms of technology investment and the poor accessibility of farmers to the guide, inspection and monitoring tools in agricultural practices can cause problems in the management of its crops, such as the end of the 80s when the national level due to the lack of affected technological packages and technical problems decreased the profitability and the planting area of this crop; It is necessary to develop a monitoring system as an informative tool for the farmer in the fulfillment of the variables and main stages that conditions the development of the crop. That is why, applying a 3-phase methodology in this work, it specifies the main conditioning processes and variables in the development of the cultivation of yellow pitahaya based on the public documentation of the Association of Producers of Pitahaya - Assopitaya, the Colombian Institute of Agriculture - ICA and the Nicaraguan Institute of Agricultural Technology - INTA, then designed the monitoring system consisting of a pocket manual with the information collected from the main stages of cultivation, and both analog and automated formats in an Excel book, our operations are validated with examples of uses.