Abstract

MONSALVE CAMACHO, Oscar Iván; LUQUE SANABRIA, Nadia Yurany  and  HENAO TORO, Martha Cecilia. Approach to an indicator to estímate the magnitude of physical effort in crop Labors. Acta Agron. [online]. 2020, vol.69, n.4, pp.247-255.  Epub Oct 14, 2021. ISSN 0120-2812.  https://doi.org/10.15446/acag.v69n4.86501.

At the farm level, the most common social indicators are hours of work (wages) and the seasonality of labor. The magnitude of physical effort that workers invest in agricultural activities is not used as an indicator. In this sense, the work effort indicator (WEF) is proposed. To calculate WEF, five degrees of work effort (GE) were established; a classification of the cultivation tasks was carried out, and each one was assigned a GE. To test the method, the WEF of four potato production systems at two land slopes was calculated. The results suggest that the slope of the land has a more significant influence than the level of technification on WEF. The non-technical system on sloping land (MuiNo) generates the highest WEF (4.67), corresponding to the maximum work effort. The moderately technified system on flat land (PlnMd) obtained the lowest WEF (1.69), corresponding to little labor effort. It is expected that this indicator can be included in the social dimension of farm-scale agricultural sustainability analyzes.

Keywords : Agricultural sustainability; Human welfare; Social indicators; Solanum tuberosum.

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