Análisis socioeconómico de la cadena productiva del cacao de la Asociación UNORCIE, Cantón Echeandía, provincia de Bolívar. Año 2017.

Abstract

This research seeks to develop a socioeconomic analysis of the cocoa production chain of the UNORCIE association, in Canton Echeandia, belonging to the Province of Bolivar. The issue of productive chains is of great relevance in sectors where agricultural cultivation is the main source of income for families, and, therefore, is in the process of economic development of the population. In the particular case of the Canton Echeandia, being a strictly agricultural locality and, when being cataloged the productive chain of the cocoa like one of potential source of economic growth for the population. To know the socioeconomic characteristics of the actors of the chain, the main ones that it has. The productive chain and each one of the links of it, with its particularities and elaborate improvement proposals for it, determines the importance of the study. To know all these particularities, a field study was carried out at the level of the producers and marketers of the product. With this information, an external and internal analysis of the chain was developed and characterized. Finally, a series of policies and actions were determined to help boost the production and commercialization of cocoa in Echeandia.