Impacto de la producción y comercialización de semielaborados de cacao - provincia El Oro.

Abstract

The purpose of this research work is to determine the impact on the production and commercialization of cocoa semifinished products on the socioeconomic development of the province of El Oro; For which, the descriptive method is applied with which it is possible to expose the current situation of the sector, in addition it is possible to give answers of real data, through a survey applied to 300 producers at the provincial level in which it was determined that, the Ignorance and lack of support by the authorities leave as a result an important group of pro-ducers who choose to sell cocoa beans, and very few who take advantage of their cocoa crops to make products derived from this fruit. In addition, it was possible to identify a categorization table according to the level of complexity (<a> complexity) of the semi-finished products that are made within the province of El Oro by small groups of entrepreneurs.