Análisis del sector de alimentos procesados y su incidencia en la matriz productiva del Ecuador.

Abstract

This project was aimed to analyze the processed food sector and its incidence in the Productive Matrix of Ecuador. The processed food sector is one of the fourteen industries considered as priorities by the Ecuadorian government, which seeks to boost it through the implementation of axes whose objective is to change the productive structure that the country has had for many years, which is primary exporter, is intended to be changed to one where the production contain added value in order to achieve greater competitiveness in international markets. Through interviews with people related to the sector it was possible to obtain information related to aspects such as technological development in the last 5 years, improvements perceived in the study sector, level of knowledge of the Productive Matrix and its changes, and the influence of these within national companies. Finally, based on this information, several conclusions were established, for example, that the implementations or regulations that exist around the Productive Matrix are known in the sector, but the actors that make part of the change do not know that these implementations are develop in order to promote the change of the national productive structure.