Soil management in Lepidium meyenii (maca) monoculture: trends and challenges for small farmers around Lake Chinchaycocha in the Andean highlands of Junin (Peru)
Introduction: Monoculture 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 methods: To th...
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| author | Solórzano Acosta, Richard Andi Chanco, Mirella Seminario, Martín Camel Paucar, Vladimir Fernando Cabello Torres, Rita Lastra Paucar, Sphyros Roomel Luciano Arias Arredondo, Alberto Gilmer Verástegui Martínez, Patricia Quispe Matos, Kenyi Rolando Carbajal Llosa, Carlos Miguel Cuevas Gimenez, Juan Pablo Cruz Luis, Juancarlos Alejandro Turín Canchaya, Cecilia Claudia |
| author_browse | Arias Arredondo, Alberto Gilmer Cabello Torres, Rita Camel Paucar, Vladimir Fernando Carbajal Llosa, Carlos Miguel Chanco, Mirella Cruz Luis, Juancarlos Alejandro Cuevas Gimenez, Juan Pablo Lastra Paucar, Sphyros Roomel Luciano Quispe Matos, Kenyi Rolando Seminario, Martín Solórzano Acosta, Richard Andi Turín Canchaya, Cecilia Claudia Verástegui Martínez, Patricia |
| author_facet | Solórzano Acosta, Richard Andi Chanco, Mirella Seminario, Martín Camel Paucar, Vladimir Fernando Cabello Torres, Rita Lastra Paucar, Sphyros Roomel Luciano Arias Arredondo, Alberto Gilmer Verástegui Martínez, Patricia Quispe Matos, Kenyi Rolando Carbajal Llosa, Carlos Miguel Cuevas Gimenez, Juan Pablo Cruz Luis, Juancarlos Alejandro Turín Canchaya, Cecilia Claudia |
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| description | Introduction: Monoculture 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 methods: To 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. Results: The 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 andtotal 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. Conclusion: This 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 | INIA26462025-09-18T20:33:26Z Soil management in Lepidium meyenii (maca) monoculture: trends and challenges for small farmers around Lake Chinchaycocha in the Andean highlands of Junin (Peru) Solórzano Acosta, Richard Andi Chanco, Mirella Seminario, Martín Camel Paucar, Vladimir Fernando Cabello Torres, Rita Lastra Paucar, Sphyros Roomel Luciano Arias Arredondo, Alberto Gilmer Verástegui Martínez, Patricia Quispe Matos, Kenyi Rolando Carbajal Llosa, Carlos Miguel Cuevas Gimenez, Juan Pablo Cruz Luis, Juancarlos Alejandro Turín Canchaya, Cecilia Claudia maca high Andean soils monoculture fallows soil quality index https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#4.01.01 Agricultura Introduction: Monoculture 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 methods: To 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. Results: The 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 andtotal 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. Conclusion: This 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. The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This research was funded by the INIA project CUI 2487112 “Mejoramiento de los servicios de investigación y transferencia tecnológica en el manejo y recuperación de suelos agrícolas ́degradados y aguas para riego en la pequeña y mediana agricultura en los departamentos de Lima, Áncash, San Martın, Cajamarca, ́Lambayeque, Junín, Ayacucho, Arequipa, Puno y Ucayali ́ ” 2025-02-28T05:53:20Z 2025-02-28T05:53:20Z 2025-01-17 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Solórzano-Acosta, R.; Chanco, M.; Seminario, M.; Cabello-Torres, R.; Camel, V.; Lastra, S.; ... & Turín, C. (2025). 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, 4, 1419745. doi: 10.3389/fsoil.2024.1419745 2673-8619 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12955/2646 https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoil.2024.1419745 eng Frontiers in Soil Science info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf application/pdf Frontiers Media S.A. CH Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria Repositorio Institucional - INIA |
| spellingShingle | maca high Andean soils monoculture fallows soil quality index https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#4.01.01 Agricultura Solórzano Acosta, Richard Andi Chanco, Mirella Seminario, Martín Camel Paucar, Vladimir Fernando Cabello Torres, Rita Lastra Paucar, Sphyros Roomel Luciano Arias Arredondo, Alberto Gilmer Verástegui Martínez, Patricia Quispe Matos, Kenyi Rolando Carbajal Llosa, Carlos Miguel Cuevas Gimenez, Juan Pablo Cruz Luis, Juancarlos Alejandro Turín Canchaya, Cecilia Claudia Soil management in Lepidium meyenii (maca) monoculture: trends and challenges for small farmers around Lake Chinchaycocha in the Andean highlands of Junin (Peru) |
| 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 https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#4.01.01 Agricultura |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12955/2646 https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoil.2024.1419745 |
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