Water footprint of avocado crop cv. Hass (Persea americana Mill.), at Soil Conservation District Barbas - Bremen, Quindío, Colombia

The Water Footprint was used as an indicator of the environmental sustainability of an avocado crop cv. Hass (Persea americana Mill.) Located in the southern area of the nature reserve called Barbas Bremen, under the category of Soil Conservation District, in the jurisdiction of the department of Quindío. This allowed a general description of the crop to be made, as well as to determine the components of the green water footprint from precipitation (3630 m3/ton), the blue water footprint captured from natural current sources (0,0 m3/ton) and finally the gray water footprint corresponding to water pollution (1315 m3/ton); thus estimating a total water footprint of 4945 m3/ton corresponding to a one-year fruit production cycle, between April 2019 and 2020 according to the phenological behavior of the crop. Likewise, some recommendations were formulated to promote better management of the water resource in the crop, contributing to the environmentally sustainable development of the conservation area from the study unit

• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2021
• Institución: Universidad Católica de Pereira
• Repositorio: Repositorio Institucional - RIBUC
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.ucp.edu.co:10785/13673
• Acceso en línea: https://revistas.ucp.edu.co/index.php/entrecienciaeingenieria/article/view/1813; http://hdl.handle.net/10785/13673
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Derechos de autor 2021 Entre Ciencia e Ingeniería