The contribution of universities and higher education centers in the training of valuable experts and scientific work to solve the problem of agrarian coexistence is evident, therefore we highlighted the presence of the Agrarian University of Ecuador, which registers more than 20,000 graduates in different disciplines in the field, leaving a similar number of solutions for the sector, which is added to what they have done to the Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, the University of Guayaquil itself and other nuclei of the educational environment. However, there are few who make the important knowledge that is generated in them known to the general public, the free transfer of knowledge through concise and simple publications is needed as a sincere return of the economic efforts that people make for their activities.

Today we wanted to highlight what the Faculty of Industrial Engineering of the University of Guayaquil is doing, which, after organizing with incredible success the First International Congress of Applied Industrial Engineering, on May 23, 24 and 25 this year, went to the general dissemination of a practical text containing summaries a study on the circular economy and industry 4.0, which has easy-to-read contributions with topics that, being technical, are completely understandable to the majority of the population. One of them, of great practical content, explained simply and clearly, without losing the scientific rigor it requires, is the one carried out by the brothers Carlos and Ángel García Gutiérrez, and is related to the production of pitahaya, a star product that already exists in export figures. It is a type of cactus that is widely accepted on the domestic and international market, but for its maintenance it requires careful care in various jobs, especially in the unconventional control of a harmful insect, the fly, which spoils the presentation of the succulent. fruit called “dragon’s bite”, the central motif of the article we are talking about.

His exciting reading takes us to the fertile landscape of Manabitas, in the canton of Rocafuerte, which will now not only exhibit its famous and amazing sweets, but has also been transformed into a picturesque sector of pitahaya plantations with an extraordinary artificial night light, where a program to combat the undesirable Diptera, which promotes the Agrocalidad of the Ministry of Agriculture, which ends with the huge certification of the zone without the presence of this evil, which is a key condition for sales to the currently demanding markets of the world and those that incorporate as a result of the free trade agreement with the People’s Republic of China and South Korea.

It is in this area of ​​green valleys and colorful flowers that the García Gutiérrez brothers’ study was carried out, with a high social, technical and economic connotation, which, due to its accurate recommendations, is essential reading for those who want to dive into the mysterious world of this fruit. great virtuality and recommended tasting for correction digestive disorders. (OR)