Sustainability of Amazonian fruit trees plots in Loreto, Peru

• Autores: Guerra-Teixeira, Aldi Alida, Alegre-Orihuela, Julio César, Vásquez-Guerra, Alida Ivelice
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2022
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina
• Lenguaje: inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.lamolina.edu.pe:article/1976
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.lamolina.edu.pe/index.php/jpagronomy/article/view/1976
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: sustainability; biodiversity; arthropods; carbon; amazonian fruit trees; Sustentabilidad; biodiversidad; artrópodos; carbono; frutales amazónicos

This research aimed to: a) evaluate the vegetation indicators of Amazonian fruit trees with the diversity of weeds and soil with the number of arthropods in the plots of farmers that were established by INIA and IIAP in the area of influence of the road Iquitos - Nauta from the Loreto state, Perú, and b) evaluate the carbon sequestration, and the socio-economical and ecological sustainability of the plots with Amazonian fruit trees in the area of influence., Thirty-seven farmers were surveyed. The alpha indicator of vegetation diversity reached an index value of 2.07 and the arthropod index was 1.91. The highest carbon (C) value in the biomass was found in the guava fruit tree (Inga edulis Mart.) in plot 17, with a total carbon stock of 90 t·ha-1 and a CO2 flux value of 22 t·ha-1·a-1. Additionally, uvilla (Pouroma cecropiifolia Mart.) with pijuayo (Bactris gasipaes Kunth) reached a total C uptake of 117.19 t·ha-1 with a CO2 flow of 33.42 t·ha-1·a-1. The highest accumulation of C in the soil was in plot 23, with 66.5 t·ha-1, reducing CO2 emission by 243.84 t·ha-1·a-1. In the sustainability evaluations, it was found that the economical, ecological, and socio-cultural dimensions reached values of 3.20, 3.33, and 2.04, respectively. It is concluded that Amazonian fruit trees are sustainable in the economic and ecological dimensions. However, in the sociocultural dimension, sustainability is weak.