Identificación de saberes ancestrales aplicadas en la cosecha y poscosecha de cultivos andinos en el Ecuador.

The research aims to review and analyze the bibliographic information on the ancestral practices applied in the harvest and post-harvest management of Andean crops from Ecuador such as potatoes, mashua, melloco, oca, corn, quinoa, lupine, barley and wheat. in order to document detailed information on knowledge. The methodology was based on the following steps: identifying the problem, the definition of topics, Boolean operators, bibliographic management, database cleaning, coding, and systematization. Much of the information collected focuses on the provinces of Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, Bolívar, and Loja. Through the results obtained, it was determined that the existence of ancestral practices are knowledge acquired orally by older people in their daily living in agriculture, both at harvest and post-harvest, thus preserving ritual in each of their tasks, using native crop varieties that they store over time to obtain a good production, and taking into account rituals such as the "Jahuay" song and the "Inti Raymi" party. Among the practices identified in tubers for harvesting the lunar phase, thickness and coloration of the tuber are taken into account; for collecting, it is used the yoke; the storage is done in "putza"; sweetening of "oca" lying between pillars; slope holes, "yata"; umbrellas straw; green silo; heap or pile; straw nest. The harvest management for grains and cereals is carried out in conjunction with the moon phase, observing the firmness and coloration of grains; for the collection, sickles are used; the storage is done in "guayungas," "soberado," "maumas," "pondos," fists, "pondillos," "chuchuka," satchel, "threads of cabuya," unthreshed grain, "buried troje or yata," "trojas," clay pots, barrels, and drawers. This relationship of closeness and interdependence with nature has allowed the emergence of surprising knowledge, both in the domestication, management, improvement and use of species and in the conservation of their habitat.

• Hovedforfatter: Chasiluisa Muilema, Jeniffer Gabriela (author)
• Format: bachelorThesis
• Sprog: spa
• Udgivet: 2021
• Fag: PRÁCTICAS ANCESTRALES; RITUALIDAD; CICLO LUNAR; AGRONOMÍA
• Online adgang: http://repositorio.utc.edu.ec/handle/27000/10152