Estudio de factibilidad para la implementación de un sistema de transporte por cable de productos agrícolas en la parroquia San Simón del cantón Guaranda

Abstract

With the feasibility study that was developed in the degree work, we proposed to know if implementing a cable transport system for agricultural products in the San Simon parish of the Guaranda canton is considered of economic and social interest for the producers of the area. To determine this feasibility, they carried field research out through the application of surveys that served as information for the market study. Once they know the existence of a latent market, they carried a technical study out, which generated information on aspects of location, infrastructure, and operation. Based on this data, they achieved an economic analysis, getting an estimated initial investment of $171,700 for implementing the project, with an NPV of USD $45,087.59 and an IRR of 7%, economic indicators that allowed determining that the project for cable transport of agricultural products in the San Simón parish is technically and economically workable. In this context, they recommended it to continue with this project, to solve the problems experienced in many other agricultural communities throughout the Ecuadorian highlands, which see their productive growth slowed down most times by the difficulties in access roads and transportation of goods.