Análisis de la afectación de los ingresos en los pescadores artesanales de camarón esmeraldeño, en la crisis post Covid 19. periodo 2020-marzo 2021

Abstract

This research focuses on the analysis of the impact on the income of artisanal fishers of shrimp from Esmeraldas, in the post COVID-19 crises. period 2020-March 2021, to analyze the income of fishers. For this study, the surveys applied to the population allowed getting necessary information on how the COVID-19 pandemic significantly affected the income of the artisanal shrimp fishers of Esmeraldas, with the current income, the respondents stated they cannot cover expenses in health, and education, among others, Therefore, the proposal recommends an associative model formulation that will allow artisanal shrimp fishers to improve their position in the entire shrimp marketing chain, thus eliminating intermediaries and improving their income, improving the living conditions of fishers and their families and the behavior of income in the artisanal shrimp sector. We concluded that because of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic income is negative since there is a significant production drop, therefore, there are also no sales because the income of the entire population decreased for the pandemic effect, which determined a statistical result of Chi Square of p Value of 0.000 less than the significance value or α= 0.05; therefore, the Post COVID pandemic directly affected the fishers' income. We recommend addressing in analyzing the factors that affect an income decrease and it will be achieved through implementing new research studies, the same that public agencies can help private and by non-governmental organizations also called (NGO's).