Análisis de los efectos migratorios del sector agropecuario en el cantón Zaruma de la provincia de El Oro.

Abstract

The migration of people from rural areas to urban areas has become a very frequent activity that seeks to improve their quality of life. This research seeks to analyze the factors that lead these people to emigrate and what are the effects it causes to the agricultural sector. For which a descriptive and cross-sectional methodological design was used to analyze the different quantitative and qualitative variables. The sample surveyed corresponds to the 200 producers in the rural sector. The main results are: 36.5% emigrate to the city in search of better opportunities, while 63.5%, despite the difficulties, prefer to live in the countryside; 39.5% move to the urban sector to study, 38.5% seek work with better remuneration and punctual payments, 18% due to basic services and 4% due to other factors such as health, internet, entertainment being thus the reasons why migrants decide to travel.