Análisis de la cadena de suministros del cacao fino de aroma y derivados en Ecuador: desarrollo de un modelo de evaluación de desempeño agroeconómico en la provincia de Cotopaxi - cantón La Maná

Abstract

The present investigation was based on the analysis of the supply chain of fine cocoa flavor and derivatives in Ecuador: Development of an agroeconomic performance evaluation model in the province of Cotopaxi-cantón La Mana, specifically to monitor the social information - economic and productive on the supply chain Cotopaxi is limited, it has been evident through information from public entities that exist threats along the chain, both crops and marketing, in order to achieve a study that allows to identify key actors, dimensioning and resource flows; through an analysis of socioeconomic and demographic aspects of production. The project was framed in a projective research, design and implementation of surveys cocoa producers in the sector to identify the conceptual framework of the chain, set the network structure and principal components method to analyze the performance of chain. In this way it was possible to establish the chain structure, processes, marketing and chain components that add value to cocoa and derivatives network of supply chain, the sizing and the 3 orthogonal components: production, agricultural strategy and improve productive socio annual minimum income producer.