Impacto del oligopsonio en la situación agrícola en Ecuador : caso de estudio fréjol gandul.

Abstract

Ecuador is consider one of the countries with the largest natural diversity around the world. One of its main activities is agriculture and producers in areas like Ventanas, Los Rios, base their family income, financial stability and personal growth to this practice. Out of an extensive list of cultivated products in this area, the green pigeon pea occupies the second place as the most crop one and its biannual harvest allows the grain to reach the peak of maturity in order to be process and get ready for the commercialization abroad. As a result of a small local market, there are only a few companies in charge of the decision making process that not only allows them to enlarge their benefits, but also gives them the power to control how the local market of the green pigeon peas interacts in front of the producers. Through this investigation we are looking to demonstrate the effects on a market with few participants in the local market of this product and the repercussion of this model for the farmers with the objective of stablishing recommendations that contributes to both personal and financial improvement of the producer.