Estudio de factibilidad de una empresa productora y comercializadora de harina derivada de yuca y papachina en el cantón Morona provincia de Morona Santiago

Abstract

In Ecuador, despite the existence of raw materials, these are not used correctly, so the creation of new companies dedicated to transforming raw materials into processed products is necessary to boost the economy. For this reason, the objective of the project was to prepare a feasibility study of a company that produces and trades flour derived from cassava and papachina in the canton of Morona, province of Morona Santiago, which will affect the economic development of the area. To achieve this, a market and a technical study of the production and commercialization of flour derived from products such as flour and papachina, a financial economic study and the corresponding evaluations were carried out to create of a new company, to see if it is accepted by consumers. The methodology was a cross-sectional mixed approach with an exploratory and descriptive scope of a non-experimental type, the study population was 22,536 people who correspond to the economically active population and a sample of 378 surveys to be carried out. Based on the results, it was obtained that the population is willing to consume a product based on cassava and papachina. Once the different financial indicators have been applied, a net present value (NPV) of USD $8,862 was obtained; an internal rate of return (IRR) is acquired is 24% of the investment, the investment is recovered in roughly a year. These results clearly indicated that the project is feasible and profitable as its investment is recovered in the short term