Elaboración de una propuesta de manejo de los bovinos de leche, para mejorar la producción y el nivel socioeconómico de la comunidad Atillo, parroquia Cebadas, cantón Guamote, provincia de Chimborazo.

Abstract

In Atillo Community, Cebadas parish, Guamote canton, a proposal on the dairy cattle management was elaborated to improve production and the socio-economic level of the people, through an exploratory-type diagnosis by data collection of biography type and previous investigations closely related to the actual one, carrying it out in three steps: 1) Induction, approaching the Community and agreements with it; 2) Collection, analysis, tabulation and interpretation of biography-type information; 3) Elaboration of the proposal on dairy cattle management based on an analysis of strengths, opportunities, weaknesses and threats; characterization of the cattle production system and identification of the negative factors. The result analysis shows that Atillo has climate conditions which are hostile for pasture and cattle adaption introduced from 3.200 to 4.000 m a.s.l. with low productivity levels and forage quality (less than 6T/ha/cutting); 61% cattle are native with deficient reproductive and productive indexes (3.95 L milk/cow/day), presence of infection and parasite diseases, inexistence of sanitary calendars, lack of technical support, low milk prince (0.38$/L, determined by the middlemen and low investment capacity. It is concluded that it is necessary to establish a strategy for the productive and economic improvement of the sector; then, a technical management proposal is designed to implement new technologies and dairy cattle producers training, recommending its immediate application.