Análisis de la situación productiva y comercial del sector arrocero en el cantón Santa Lucía, 2017-2021.

Abstract

This research analyzes the productive and commercial situation of the rice sector in Santa Lucía City. For this purpose, the mixed research methodology was implemented; in turn, the deductive method, of a descriptive type and a cross-sectional design, were used. In addition, the information used for the analysis comes from primary sources, as well as from secondary sources; For this reason, 218 surveys were applied to rice producers to know their perception about the productivity and marketing of the sector. On the other hand, considering that the analysis of both productivity and marketing is carried out, the productivity-dependent variable is measured with the rice yield; Therefore, linear regression statistical analysis is applied to determine the impact of technical assistance and labor on performance. Similarly, the marketing-dependent variable is measured by the producer price; therefore, production costs and inventory will determine their impact on the producer's price. Among the main findings is that before the pandemic, in terms of productivity, 74% of rice yield is explained by technical assistance and manpower; however, during the pandemic it was 51%. As for marketing, before the pandemic 61% of the producer price is explained by production costs and inventory; however, during the pandemic the percentage of determination was 71.