http://www.dspace.espol.edu.ec/handle/123456789/6703 2026-04-07T13:41:32Z http://www.dspace.espol.edu.ec/handle/123456789/21366 Title: Converting rice fields into green fertilizer factories 5381 dm2008 Authors: Montaño Armijos, Mariano De Jesús; Tacle Galárraga, Moisés Abstract: The Project “Converting Rice Field into Green Fertilizer Factories” was one of the most important challenges and opportunities of the ESPOL of recent times, as it has forged new paradigms in agriculture, health, environment, economy and culture. We have fulfilled with amplitude the expectations of the World Bank which financed the project with a value of U.S. $ 196,752 over a period of 24 months, from July 7, 2009 and July 7, 2011. The CTT (Technology Transfer Center), as handler resources unit, allocated faithfully the funds according to the schedule approved by the World Bank. The CQA (Institute of Chemical and Environmental Sciences), Project seat unit, through various actions and under the direction of Dr. Mariano Montaño Armijos, executed the project snugly according to plan and budget. With this Project we have had a very rich interaction with rice guilds, with media, with academics, with the government and with a wide variety of audiences. Dissemination Project through field days, seminars, press, radio, television and internet has awakened a public recognition of Azolla as natural, sustainable and economical fertilizing alternative. While the main objective of the Project was to study and to test applications of the Azolla to rice and agriculture, this work has forcibly addressed to unsuspected fields of thought and action. The development of Azolla attached to the nitrogen cycle, in the geographical area of the Guayas Ecosystem, links the rice fields, agriculture, health, environment and economy, to the new task of "tropical knowledge". 2012-12-03T00:00:00Z http://www.dspace.espol.edu.ec/handle/123456789/20974 Title: 5381 dm2008 project completion report Authors: Montaño Armijos, Mariano De Jesús Abstract: The objectives have been fulfilled beyond what was offered in the project, where rice farmers have maintained a strong interest in the use of Azolla, including natural farming inputs. Final product can be called "biogenic rice" due to its special features for human health and environment. ESPOL is the basis institution for Project execution. It has to have the support of its authorities led by the Rector. The Rector knows of objectives and progress of the project. Official documents (reports, applications) are signed by the Rector. 2012-06-28T00:00:00Z http://www.dspace.espol.edu.ec/handle/123456789/20936 Title: Replace "biogenic" instead of "organic" expression? Authors: Montaño Armijos, Mariano De Jesús Abstract: The term organic has been created to indicate that a food is good for health. Also the technics and agricultural products are called organic if they are directed to organic production. But this concept does not analyze that compost comes from artificial nitrogen-containing waste. Thus, the word “organic” becomes meaningless. 2012-06-12T00:00:00Z http://www.dspace.espol.edu.ec/handle/123456789/17161 Title: Azolla: a new paradigm of the future of rice Authors: Montaño Armijos, Mariano De Jesús Abstract: Azolla is a tiny floating aquatic fern and contains in the cavities of their leaves the cyanobacteria Anabaena. Azolla-Anabaena symbiont was considered as a potential green manure for rice and other crops of Ecuador such as banana. For this reason, the Institute of Chemical and Environmental Sciences (ICQA) of ESPOL (Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral) has worked for thirteen years in this research. 2011-10-03T00:00:00Z