Descripción del sistema de riego en la finca cacaotera Botón de Oro de la parroquia La Unión cantón Babahoyo

The description of the irrigation system was executed in an established cocoa crop located in the parish La Unión del canton Babahoyo, at coordinates UTM 678355,1; 9810642.1 datum WGS-84. The cultivated area corresponds to 3 hectares, in its entirety is sown the variety CCN-51. With a respective 3x3 planting frame. The irrigation system applied in the plantation corresponds to a micro spray design. The soil of the crop presented a Franco-sandy texture. The micro spray irrigation system of the gold button farm had a uniformity coefficient of 96%, according to the classification of the uniformity coefficients recorded by Merrian and Keller (1978), the irrigation system recorded a type of Excellent uniformity, so it is in the range of 90 to 100 %. Just because the irrigation system has presented an excellent rating does not mean that it is in good condition, since the 4% missing indicates that the water sheet applied to the cocoa crop of the Gold Button farm is not properly moistening the planting, therefore, should not be being watered properly in dry storms