Soil management in Lepidium meyenii (maca) monoculture: trends and challenges for small farmers around Lake Chinchaycocha in the Andean highlands of Junin (Peru)
IntroductionMonoculture is a significant concern due to its negative impact on soil quality, resource productivity, and agricultural sustainability, particularly in vulnerable communities. This research aims to evaluate high Andean soil management for maca monoculture.Materials and methodsTo this en...
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| author | Richard Solórzano-Acosta Mirella Chanco Martín Seminario Rita Cabello-Torres Vladimir Camel Sphyros Lastra Alberto Arias Patricia Verástegui Kenyi Quispe Carlos Carbajal-Llosa Juan Pablo Cuevas Juancarlos Cruz Cecilia Turín |
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| description | IntroductionMonoculture is a significant concern due to its negative impact on soil quality, resource productivity, and agricultural sustainability, particularly in vulnerable communities. This research aims to evaluate high Andean soil management for maca monoculture.Materials and methodsTo this end, interviews were conducted with maca farmers adjacent to Lake Chinchaycocha. The effect on soil quality was evaluated based on principal component analysis (PCA), weighted soil quality index (SQIw), and physico-chemical characteristics.ResultsThe results indicated differences between farmers in agronomic management, monoculture period (from 5 to 9 years), and fallow time (up to 10 years in the best cases). Regarding soil quality, the PCA highlighted boron and total nitrogen locations in the same quadrant, with the highest contribution to the analysis. Finally, the SQIw showed that soils without maca cultivation presented better quality.ConclusionThis research’s results indicate a need to optimize soil management practices, especially for small farmers, who are the most vulnerable group. In addition, further studies on boron and nitrogen availability in soils cultivated with maca are required, emphasizing areas that exceed 10 years of continuous use. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ffb1a86e57a64e36b6b991ceddd9055e2025-01-17T11:42:15ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Soil Science2673-86192025-01-01410.3389/fsoil.2024.14197451419745Soil management in Lepidium meyenii (maca) monoculture: trends and challenges for small farmers around Lake Chinchaycocha in the Andean highlands of Junin (Peru)Richard Solórzano-Acosta0Mirella Chanco1Martín Seminario2Rita Cabello-Torres3Vladimir Camel4Sphyros Lastra5Alberto Arias6Patricia Verástegui7Kenyi Quispe8Carlos Carbajal-Llosa9Juan Pablo Cuevas10Juancarlos Cruz11Cecilia Turín12Dirección de Supervisión y Monitoreo en las Estaciones Experimentales Agrarias, Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA), Lima, PeruUniversidad César Vallejo, Lima, PeruUniversidad César Vallejo, Lima, PeruUniversidad César Vallejo, Lima, PeruUniversidad César Vallejo, Lima, PeruDirección de Supervisión y Monitoreo en las Estaciones Experimentales Agrarias, Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA), Lima, PeruDirección de Supervisión y Monitoreo en las Estaciones Experimentales Agrarias, Estación Experimental Agraria Santa Ana, Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA), Huancayo, PeruDirección de Supervisión y Monitoreo en las Estaciones Experimentales Agrarias, Estación Experimental Agraria Santa Ana, Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA), Huancayo, PeruDirección de Supervisión y Monitoreo en las Estaciones Experimentales Agrarias, Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA), Lima, PeruDirección de Supervisión y Monitoreo en las Estaciones Experimentales Agrarias, Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA), Lima, PeruDirección de Supervisión y Monitoreo en las Estaciones Experimentales, Estación Experimental Agraria de Baños del Inca, Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA), Cajamarca, PeruDirección de Supervisión y Monitoreo en las Estaciones Experimentales Agrarias, Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA), Lima, PeruDirección de Supervisión y Monitoreo en las Estaciones Experimentales Agrarias, Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA), Lima, PeruIntroductionMonoculture is a significant concern due to its negative impact on soil quality, resource productivity, and agricultural sustainability, particularly in vulnerable communities. This research aims to evaluate high Andean soil management for maca monoculture.Materials and methodsTo this end, interviews were conducted with maca farmers adjacent to Lake Chinchaycocha. The effect on soil quality was evaluated based on principal component analysis (PCA), weighted soil quality index (SQIw), and physico-chemical characteristics.ResultsThe results indicated differences between farmers in agronomic management, monoculture period (from 5 to 9 years), and fallow time (up to 10 years in the best cases). Regarding soil quality, the PCA highlighted boron and total nitrogen locations in the same quadrant, with the highest contribution to the analysis. Finally, the SQIw showed that soils without maca cultivation presented better quality.ConclusionThis research’s results indicate a need to optimize soil management practices, especially for small farmers, who are the most vulnerable group. In addition, further studies on boron and nitrogen availability in soils cultivated with maca are required, emphasizing areas that exceed 10 years of continuous use.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoil.2024.1419745/fullmacahigh Andean soilsmonoculturefallowssoil quality index |
| spellingShingle | Richard Solórzano-Acosta Mirella Chanco Martín Seminario Rita Cabello-Torres Vladimir Camel Sphyros Lastra Alberto Arias Patricia Verástegui Kenyi Quispe Carlos Carbajal-Llosa Juan Pablo Cuevas Juancarlos Cruz Cecilia Turín Soil management in Lepidium meyenii (maca) monoculture: trends and challenges for small farmers around Lake Chinchaycocha in the Andean highlands of Junin (Peru) Frontiers in Soil Science maca high Andean soils monoculture fallows soil quality index |
| title | Soil management in Lepidium meyenii (maca) monoculture: trends and challenges for small farmers around Lake Chinchaycocha in the Andean highlands of Junin (Peru) |
| title_full | Soil management in Lepidium meyenii (maca) monoculture: trends and challenges for small farmers around Lake Chinchaycocha in the Andean highlands of Junin (Peru) |
| title_fullStr | Soil management in Lepidium meyenii (maca) monoculture: trends and challenges for small farmers around Lake Chinchaycocha in the Andean highlands of Junin (Peru) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Soil management in Lepidium meyenii (maca) monoculture: trends and challenges for small farmers around Lake Chinchaycocha in the Andean highlands of Junin (Peru) |
| title_short | Soil management in Lepidium meyenii (maca) monoculture: trends and challenges for small farmers around Lake Chinchaycocha in the Andean highlands of Junin (Peru) |
| title_sort | soil management in lepidium meyenii maca monoculture trends and challenges for small farmers around lake chinchaycocha in the andean highlands of junin peru |
| topic | maca high Andean soils monoculture fallows soil quality index |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoil.2024.1419745/full |
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