Caracterización social, productiva y ambiental de los productores piscícolas del municipio del Zulia, Norte de Santander

Abstract

The Municipality of Zulia in Norte de Santander is a benchmark at the departmental level of warm-climate continental fish production, among the species used are Cachama Blanca (Piaractus brachypomus), Red Tilapia (Oreochromys spp.), Silver Tilapia (Oreochromys niloticus) and Magdalena bocachico (Prochilodus magdalenae) among other species. However, despite the economic importance of this activity in the municipality, the information on the fish sector is scarce, the number of producers who live off this activity is unknown, as well as its social characteristics, the environmental management carried out in fish farms and the productive parameters obtained in the process, therefore the importance of the development of this research, which seeks to know the current situation of the fish sector in the region, the socioeconomic characteristics of the producers who live from this activity, the productive yields in the process and management of water, a fundamental resource in the region. Santo Tomás University seeks in this way to link itself to the fish sector, to know first hand their needs and projection, working together in the application of appropriate technologies, to make a more efficient use of water, obtaining greater productivity and thus improving income. of families that directly or indirectly benefit from this agricultural activity.