Factibilidad económica para la producción sustentable de pulpa de cangrejo ecuatoriano para la exportación.

Abstract

Sustainable production is a model of production of goods and services through which the use of natural resources, generation of toxic materials, waste and pollutants is minimized. In this study, the economic feasibility of the sustainable production of Ecuadorian crab pulp for export was evaluated; currently, more than 4000 species of crabs have been identified in the world, being the red crab (Ucides occidentalis) the most representative in Ecuador. For the development of this work, the inductive method was used, for which a general investigation of the crab sector in Ecuador was carried out, followed by a study of the sustainable production process of crab pulp in Ecuador and an evaluation of the costs of extracting and exporting crab pulp in a sustainable manner. In Ecuador there are several ports of distribution of red crab, in the province of Guayas there are four representative locations, these are: Balao, Recinto 6 de Julio, Naranjal and Puerto Roma. The crab pulp production process is not standardized; during the extraction stage, discarded by-products such as crab shells are generated, which can be used in the production of other products such as chitosan, which combined with banana starch can form films and also to obtain calcium carbonate, which is used in the construction industry in the manufacture of tiles.