Abstract

The aim of this study was to perform the agroecological diagnosis to determine the sustainability of agricultural production system Campus Faita of Quevedo Canton province of Los Rios Ecuador applying the matrix of Battelle Columbus for the characterization of the physical, abiotic, socioeconomic environment and which also it served to extract sustainability indicators to assess production systems Campus. Faita is in the tropical dry forest area where the predominant plant cover crops are planted forests and grass where there is almost no native vegetation. The average farm area is 5 hectares, production is diversified with a pattern of prevalent crops such as cocoa, tropical fruit mostly associated, timber cultivation and short cycle crops corn and soybeans. The economy of farmers is critical, although the average income in the area is within the official indexes. There are ecological and pollution by burning action, noise problems (97%), deforestation (98%) and especially by the aerial spraying of banana close, prolonged drought in the summer. The pressure on land use is moderate, subsistence production systems account for 49%. Sustainability Assessment qualifies as sustainable when discussing environmental or production indicators, but social and economic development is not sustainable where systems generally are not sustainable as it achieves an overall average of 55, 52%.