Huella de carbono en los sistemas de producción agrícola dominantes en el municipio de Falán, Tolima

This research of Carbon footprint (CFP) of traditional and predominant agricultural systems in the municipality of Falan Tolima was done according to the land uses. For that reason as a sampling, I establish six treatments. The first one was cacao as a single-crop. The second, avocado trees with plantain. The third treatment was cacao with avocado. The forth one was cacao with plantain. The fifth was corn as a single-crop. And finally, sugar cane as a single-crop. The studies of all these treatments tried to estimate the carbon sequestration and the emissions in order to determine which of these systems were friendlier with the environment. Then, I did temporarily plots of samplings (TPS) and I recollected some information from trees. Next, the implementation of alometric models in order to know tC/ha of each treatment using the carbon´s fraction according to IPCC 2003, with a view to transform biomass in carbon knowing the storage tC/ha/per year. Also, the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were estimated from the production and application of fertilizer nitrogen, burning and fossil fuels using during cultivation practices. Information was obtained from a survey of farmers.