Resumen

PEREZ, J. J; HUERTA, I; RINCON, N  y  URDANETA, F. Sustainability, equity and competitivity of the production systems from La Estrella community, Zulia state. Rev. Fac. Agron. [online]. 2005, vol.22, n.3, pp.277-286. ISSN 0378-7818.

The present descriptive study was carried out in order to determine the sustainability, equity and competitivity of the production systems from La Estrella community, Zulia state, Venezuela. The population considered in the study was 90 small farmers. The instrument used was a questionnaire conformed by 20 items, applied to the population and used for to determine the indexes of sustainability (Is), equity (Ie) and competitivity (Ic). The results obtained show that, from the point of view of the sustainability (Is = 0.50) the production systems from community are in instability condition. The Ic (0.36) and Ie (0.06) showed a critic condition in the production systems, that is to say, the competitivity and the equity between the farmers are the most important limitations in the community.

Palabras clave : sustainability; equity; competitivity; index.