Resumen

TORRES RODRIGUEZ, ALEXANDER; BERNAL VERA, MARÍA ELENA  y  CASTANO RAMIREZ, ELMER. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE "BAGGING" PRACTICE IN PLANTAIN (Musa AAB SIMMONDS). QUINDÍO, COLOMBIA.. Luna Azul [online]. 2013, n.36, pp.91-109. ISSN 1909-2474.

Low density polyethylene (LDPE) bags impregnated with chlorpyrifos (insecticide) at 1% are used in the cultivation of commercial exploitation plantain as the main crops protection practice against pests that detract their appearance. There are no studies that provide data on the magnitude of the environmental effects that the plantain bagging technique causes in the Department of Quindío, reason why this descriptive analytical work was conducted with surveys from interviews in five plantain producer municipalities in this region and with environmental monitoring of the toxic route of bags, in which the environmental impact generated with this procedure, is qualified, the final disposal of the treated and untreated bags is described, and the amount of plastic used in the bagging practice in Quindío.is valued. Bagging does not represent greater economic benefit to the producer compared to the non-implementation of the practice. Quindío producers who carry out commercialization through intermediaries, do not have clarity about the function of the polyethylene bag treated with chlorpyrifos and no treated bags. Bagging is a non-essential activity in the agronomic management to control crop pests which are not spread throughout the region; it is a "fashion" activity widespread in plantain cultivations in the Quindío area, with environmental impact of 840 tons/year of polyethylene that enter in the system more than 7.14 tons/year of chlorpyrifos.

Palabras clave : Toxic route; chlorpyrifos; polyethylene impact.

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