An approach to urban agriculture in the state of Falcón, Venezuela (Original)

Abstract

In order to characterize the agricultural urban project  in Falcon state, a research was carried out with the application of theoretical, empirical and descriptive statistics methods, through which results were obtained that indicate that the conformation of the urban agriculture project in the Falcon state was governed by the initial idea embodied in the Simón Bolívar National Project, being organized and conducted by the CIARA Foundation, being first instituted in the municipality of Miranda, capital of the state, which has the largest number of Units of Agricultural Production (UPA). There is a prevalence of the program in 100% of the municipalities where it is implemented, with values ​​ranging from 0.71 to 100%, where the Federation municipality has the lowest potential activity and the Bolivar and Jacura municipalities, followed by the Maúroa municipality presents the potentially highest percentage of these active units, while the state capital (Miranda) achieves 15% of activity, which justifies the resuscitation of the program, foreseen in four of the nine municipalities where it is implemented for the 44 , 44% of the total, with values ​​ranging between 32.14 and 89.58%, where the Miranda municipality presents 41.93% of resuscitation. The analyzed elements will facilitate decision-making for the revival of urban agriculture in Falcón state.