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PINO MELENDEZ, Vanessa et al. Evaluation of the sustainability of cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) producing farms in the Puebloviejo canton of the province of Los Ríos, Ecuador. Rev. Soc. cient. Parag. [online]. 2023, vol.28, n.2, pp.298-328. ISSN 2617-4731.  https://doi.org/10.32480/rscp.2023.28.2.298.

With the objective of evaluating the sustainability of cocoa-producing farms in the Puebloviejo canton, Los Ríos province (Ecuador), through indicators proposed by Sarandón et al. (1), the sustainability of 101 farms cultivated with CCN51 and Nacional cocoa was measured and compared; To this end, a three-stage investigation was carried out. The first consisted of defining indicators by dimensions (economic, ecological, and sociocultural) and validating indicators through experts. In the second stage, field work was carried out in which information was collected on the economic, environmental and sociocultural aspects of the farms and a third part in which statistical analyzes and radial graphs were carried out. The results show that the farms producing National cocoa, obtained a General Sustainability Index (ISG) of 1.89, achieving a value of 3.0 only in the Sociocultural Indicator (ISC), the farms producing cocoa CCN-51, they achieved an ISG of 2.26, reaching a value of 3.8 in the ISC, showing that most of the farms have low sustainability. It is concluded that important improvements must be made in the evaluated variables, especially in those that obtained values ​​lower than 2, which will lead to the improvement of the productive units in the Puebloviejo canton.

Palabras clave : Cocoa; ecological dimension; economic dimension; sociocultural dimension; sustainability.

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