Interdisciplinary relations for the study of the soil in the rural parish The America. (Original)

Abstract

The soil is a finite resource, and the natural processes for its formation, development and restoration do not happen at the same speed to which demeans. In the present article are defined and described the main physical, chemical and biological properties of the soil, discussing its importance and the typical values of the agricultural soils. At the end, a reflection is made about the importance of monitoring the properties of the soil and its handling to avoid its degradation. The interdisciplinary relationships are analyzed in the different subjects to carry out the study of the agricultural soil of the rural parish The America of the canton Jipijapa. The used method was exploratory documental through the study and bibliographical investigation, in the documentation of the parish and with the experience of the residents. The great pressure that the humankind exercises on the soils to satisfy her food necessities has promoted it intensive use that, together with the bad handling practices (such as the intensive farm, monoculture, indiscriminate application of agrichemicals, among other), have caused deterioration and edafic degradation. The bottom problem is the human being's scarce understanding about the soil and its properties, for these reasons it was investigated by means of integrative projects of knowledge the situations of the agricultural soil of the parishes of the area 4 county of Manabí, to help to the community of Jipijapa in the training and study of the soil to the achievement of better results in their crops.