Formulación de estrategias para realizar ganadería sostenible teniendo en cuenta la aptitud del suelo en la Finca La Llanerita, Vista Hermosa-Meta.

Abstract

The productive activity of livestock has contributed to increase the negative impacts on the environment, specifically the soil, given the way in which this activity has been developed and the wrong management of land use in the Colombian territory. Therefore, the present research has the objective of proposing different management alternatives to develop sustainable livestock, taking into account the suitability of the land, and in this way make a proper management and use of the land based on agroforestry models and good livestock practices . The methodology implemented was based on defining the coverage present on the property, through photogrammetry and the implementation of the CORINE Land Cover coverage classification methodology with field validation. Following this, soil sampling was carried out randomly for each cover, in order to identify the morphological, chemical and physical characteristics of the soil. Finally, considering the USDA methodology for the evaluation of the land use capacity, the limitations and the suitability of the land were identified in each coverage for the agroecological zoning of the property and the formulation of management strategies. The results allowed to identify the physical chemical variations of the soil in the cover present in the property, the specific requirements of the humidity conditions due to flooding and the soil due to low fertility and acidity, which resulted in the aptitude for the productive use of 71, 2% of the property area according to the evaluation of land use capacity using sustainable and conservation strategies, which were defined based on the design of agroforestry models and good livestock practices. In conclusion, the planning of the territory at the farm scale allows the design of sustainable production strategies that guarantee the protection of natural resources and the rural economy, since it allows defining the productive activities that best adapt according to the soil conditions. Thus, agroforestry systems such as sustainable livestock strategies guarantee compliance these aspects.