DOI: 10.17151/luaz.2025.62.9
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Solarte Guerrero, J. G., Navia Estrada, J. F., & Apráez Muñoz, J. J. (2026). Caracterización del comportamiento del carbono orgánico en tres sistemas agroforestales de cacao en el pacífico biogeográfico nariñense. Luna Azul, (62), 151–169. https://doi.org/10.17151/luaz.2025.62.9

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Jesús Geovanny Solarte Guerrero
Universidad de Nariño 
solarteg@hotmail.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0311-5853
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Jorge Fernando Navia Estrada
Universidad de Nariño 
jornavia@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2441-2400
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José Julián Apráez Muñoz
Universidad de Nariño 
apraez.julian@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-0912
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Resumen

Esta investigación se desarrolló en el municipio de Tumaco, ubicado en el Pacífico Biogeográfico nariñense, al sur de Colombia, con el objetivo de caracterizar el comportamiento del carbono orgánico y el fraccionamiento de la materia orgánica en tres tipos de sistemas agroforestales de cacao (tradicional, semitecnificado y tecnificado). Para ello, se recolectaron muestras a una profundidad de 0 - 5 cm del suelo. La variables analizadas fueron carbono total, C no extractable y extractable, ácidos húmicos y fúlvicos, y huminas. El análisis estadístico se basó en técnicas descriptivas y exploratorias. El sistema agroforestal semitecnificado de cacao mostró la mayor eficiencia en acumulación y estabilización del carbono del suelo, con el valor más alto de carbono orgánico total (5,95 %), equilibrio entre ácidos húmicos y fúlvicos (AH/AF ≈ 1) y mayor proporción de huminas (50,42 %). Este comportamiento se atribuye a la implementación de prácticas de manejo adecuadas y a una mayor diversidad vegetal. En contraste, los sistemas tradicional y tecnificado presentaron una menor eficiencia, con predominio de carbono más recalcitrante, atribuible a la ausencia de prácticas de manejo en el sistema tradicional y a un mayor laboreo en el sistema tecnificado, respectivamente. Estos resultados resaltan la importancia del manejo moderado para el secuestro de carbono en sistemas agroforestales.

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