Valoración económica ambiental del recurso suelo de la parroquia de Cubijíes, cantón Riobamba, provincia de Chimborazo

Abstract

The objective of the present investigation was to evaluate the land resource of the Decentralized Autonomous Government of Cubijíes Rural Parish economically and environmentally, based on a baseline elaboration, information on the use for cultivation, grass and forest was obtained, he quality was determined that the soil with grass is with a high and medium level of OM and those of cultivation and forest have low levels of OM, the soil is sandy, services were identified based on consultation with the residents through the application of 325 surveys, the data were processed by applying the SPSS program for descriptive and correlational statistical analyzes, and using non-parametric tests. it was determined that socio-demographic factors modify the perception around the importance of services (provisioning, livelihood and cultural regulation) are: gender, age, ethnicity, education and occupation, environmental services, which are used by the residents give a importance of a weighted average of 8.42 / 10, is a high value on the Likert scale, the land resource was valued by methods of: market prices worth USD 2468408.21 annually, hedonic prices worth USD 25426689.59 annually and contingent valuation (DTP) worth USD 5987.52 annually, the DTP It is modified by socio demographic factors such as: gender, occupation and the belief that the soil resource can be degraded. And the total economic value (TEV) is USD 5011097.80 per year. All this information collected indicates how relevant the land resource is for the economy and the social well-being of the inhabitants and restoration, conservation and / or protection actions should be taken around this resource because it is a fundamental factor in food production among other services that generate a monetary and financial income.