Estudio de la cadena productiva de la especie Ceroxylon echinulatum galeano (palma de ramos) en el cantón Colta provincia de Chimborazo.

Abstract

The aim of this research was to study the production chain of the bunchy palm species (Ceroxylon echinulatum Galeano) in the Colta canton, province of Chimborazo; therefore, we proceeded to identify and characterize the links which make up the chain, with the help of a questionnaire based on the links of a made up chain: Producers of raw materials, Transporters, Stockpilers, Industrial processors, Distributors and Final consumer focused on: Kind of person belonging to each link, Time spent in harvesting, Vegetative state of the plants, Number of leaves harvested, Sales costs. Technical personnel from the Ministry of the Environment and the Decentralized Autonomous Government of the parish of Juan de Velasco located and surveyed the different actors involved in the production chain in Colta canton. Harvesters were located in the parish of Juan de Velasco; the main collection and sales points are located in the downtown churches in Riobamba and in the Licán parish; the links in the palm production chain were: Producers of raw material, Transporters, Stockpilers and Final Consumer, earning 0.8, 1.6 and 6 dollars per leaf respectively, while the Final Consumer spends 2 dollars for each handicraft, the producers of raw material form bundles of 25 leaves and the artisans elaborate 3 handicrafts per leaf, the transporters are not clearly in charge of the mobilization of the bundles of palm of bunches, but take advantage of the date of the year for the purchase and sale of the bundles. It was concluded that the transporter's profit is 200% and the artisans' profit is 375%, compared to the price they paid at the time of purchasing the raw material. It is recommended to investigate the proper management of the wax palm and to what extent it is usable.