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TECHNOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE AT THE VILLA JUAREZ, DURANGO AQUIFER. NORTH OF MEXICO.

Author(s): Ignacio Orona Castillo1, J. Antonio Cueto Wong2, Rafael Figueroa Viramontes(1), Enrique Salazar Sosa(1), Rafael Zúñiga Tarango(1),Cirilo Vázquez Vázquez(1)
ORONA C. IGNACIO; FIGUEROA V. RAFAEL; LOPEZ, M. J.DIMAS; SALAZAR S. ENRIQUE; VAZQUEZ V. CIRILO, Y ZUÑIGA T. RAFAEL

Keyword(s): FORAGES, ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY, CONTAMINATION

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Session: Poster session 2

AbstractTHIS

STUDY CONSTITUTES AN IMPORTANT PART OF A BROADER PROJECT THAT SEEKS TO

PREDICT RISKS OF CONTAMINATION BY NITRATES IN AN AQUIFER CONSIDERED THE

RESERVE OF DRINKABLE WATER OF THE REGION LAGUNERA, FORMED BY PART OF DURANGO

AND COAHUILA STATES IN THE NORTH OF MEXICO. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY WAS TO

CHARACTERIZE THE CROPS OF THE AGRICULTURAL ZONE OF THE VILLA JUAREZ AQUIFER

AND ESTIMATE THE ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF THE WATER USED IN EACH CROP. IT WAS

NECESSARY TO USE STATISTICAL AND DOCUMENTARY INFORMATION GENERATED BY

GOBERNMENT INSTITUTIONS PRESENT IN THE REGION, AS WELL AS TO DESIGN AND APPLY A

SURVEY TO RURAL FARMERS IN THE 26 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL AGRICULTURAL SURFACE.

THE RESULTS INDICATE THAT THE PRODUCTION OF FORAGES REPRESENTS MORE THAN 90

PERCENT OF THE REGIONAL AGRICULTURE, IN WHICH MORE THAN THE 80 PERCENT OF THE

FARMERS EMPLOY FERTILIZARS AND OTHER CHEMICAL PRODUCTS. HOWEVER, THE

QUANTITY AND TYPE OF FERTILIZARS APPLIED OCCURS WITHOUT A PRIOR DIAGNOSIS THEN,

IT COULD BE EITHER CAUSING IMPACT ON ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE FARMERS OR RAISING

THE RISK OF AQUIFER CONTAMINATION WELL THE ENVIROMENTAL MEDIUM.
REGARDING

THE ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF THE WATER, IT WAS FOUND ALSO THAN EVEN THOUGH THE

PRODUCTION OF FORAGES IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ACTIVITY, THE PROFIT VALUE OF

WATER USED IN ITS PRODUCTION IS LOWER THAN THAT OBTAINED FOR FRUITS AND

HORTICULTURAL CROPS, BEING CONCLUDED THAT IN SPITE OF THE AGRICULTURE IS AN

IMPORTANT ACTIVITY IN THE ZONE, IT IS NECESSARY TO IMPROVE THE PRACTICES OF OF

AGROCHEMICALS USE BECAUSE OF IT IS A ZONE IN WHICH UNDERLIES THE MAIN RESERVE

OF DRINKABLE WATER FOR A POPULATION OVER THE MILLION OF INHABITANTS.

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TECHNOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE AT THE VILLA JUAREZ, DURANGO AQUIFER. NORTH OF MEXICO.