Fortalecimiento de las Estrategias de Post-Cosecha en el Cultivo de Sacha Inchi de la Asociación ASOPROAGRO de San Jose (Guaviare)

Abstract

The plant sacha inchi, (Plukenetia volubilis L) is an euphorbiaceae that is commonly known as peanut from the bush, sacha peanut or peanut from the Inca. It is distributed from Central America to Peru. It is a plant that adapts to clay and acid soils, developing better in hot climates. Among its components are mainly: proteins, amino acids, essential fatty acids (omegas 3, 6, and 9) and vitamin E (tocopherols and tocotrienols), in significantly high contents compared with other oilseeds such as: peanuts, palm, soybeans, corn, rapeseed and sunflower. Recent research, conducted with omegas and vitamin E oils, indicates the nutritional and therapeutic importance of sacha inchi for the control of free radicals. (Zully H., 2013) Currently this plant is grown in Colombia in the department of Guaviare, generating a positive social and environmental impact for being an alternative of sustainable economic activity in the territory. The present research seeks to identify and quantify the benefits of strengthening the postharvest process that currently has a yield of 42%. (Ibañez, strengthening of post-harvest strategies of the sacha inchi crop, 2018) In the present research work "Strengthening of Post Harvest Strategies in the Sacha Inchi Cultivation of the Association ASOPROAGRO in the Municipality of San Jose del Guaviare" is focused on practical issues of the postharvest process. Through a qualitative descriptive methodology, to analyze the process in its aspects of profitability, efficiency and commercialization, which derive from the quality of the postharvest process. For this, the process of implementation of technological improvements in the husking and drying process of the seed was followed in order to measure the impact on the productivity of sacha inchi crops. The results obtained and details of the alteratives implemented by the farmers of the region are shared.