The objective of this work is to present the results of the initial diagnosis that was carried out to determine the level of knowledge about agroecology that the farmers of ninety farms in the municipalities Arboledas, Convencion, La Playa, La Esperanza, Ocaña and Mutiscua had incorporated into a project agroecological. Fifteen farms and their families were selected by municipality and a survey was conducted with 24 closed questions (yes or no) grouped into five topics. The level of knowledge about agroecology was not high among the farmers of the project, nor was it similar between the municipalities, nor within them for the different topics. The major knowledge problems were concentrated on integrated pest management and biofertilizers, and in particular on seed conservation in Mutiscua and Arboledas. Some municipalities were grouped according to the answers to some questions because the farmers had a similar level of knowledge on certain topics.