La importancia de la cadena de valor en los agronegocios en la provincia de el oro

Abstract

The development of the Ecuadorian agricultural field has been destined to the production of foodstuffs that are part of the basic food basket and have been a source of employment generation and dynamism of the mixed economy. The objective of this research is to analyze and understand the importance of the agribusiness value chain in the province of El Oro. The importance of the agribusiness value chain contributes to and improves income distribution in rural areas, facilitates market insertion, reduces transaction costs, increases the exchange of local information, and improves the transfer of ICTs. El Oro in its different productive links concentrates four economic axes, which are distributed by small, medium and large companies; its economic activities are centered on Commerce, Agriculture, Livestock and Fishing, Manufacturing and Mining. It is concluded that 85% of its production is agricultural products, distributed among small, medium and large farmers that generate employment and development in the fourteen cantons of the province.