Análisis económico de la cadena productiva del cacao ecuatoriano. Propuesta que fomente la rentabilidad de los cacaoteros del cantón Milagro.

Abstract

This research was carried out to analyze the economic impact caused by the different levels of the productive chain in the harvest and sale of cocoa in small farmers of the Milagro canton, for the development and strengthening of a proposal that promotes the profitability of income in cocoa farmers. . This work is framed in the collection, analysis and interpretation of economic information and historical data such as production, sales, costs and profitability of the different levels from the beginning to the end of the chain. With this approach, it is shown that producers are the weakest link and face the greatest challenges when it comes to producing and selling their harvest; having achieved important results with which it can be verified the need to continue in the permanent work of promoting in the mind of the farmer that they unite in associativity, in order to gradually eliminate levels for the export of their product, for which it is necessary Government support, which links the internal and external markets, and also to be able to achieve the creation of more competitive national industries of semi-finished products and chocolates, which welcome the great supply of products sent abroad as raw material.