Análisis del aporte del sector agropecuario en la producción ecuatoriana durante el periodo 2010-2020

Abstract

Since its beginnings as a Republic, Ecuador has maintained its economy based on resources from the primary sectors, among which the agricultural sector has an outstanding participation, since its various products contribute considerably to the percentages of the gross domestic product (GDP) and the economically active population (EAP), given that through their local and foreign commercialization, income is obtained that allows them to contribute to the national economy. By virtue of the above, this research was oriented to analyze the contribution made by the agricultural sector to national production in recent periods. Therefore, to carry out the work, a documentary-type methodology was applied based on a bibliographic review of primary sources such as scientific articles, books and official pages of national and international governmental entities that will serve as theoretical and statistical support for this case. From this, the results obtained showed that products such as bananas, shrimp, cocoa, coffee and flowers are the ones that contribute the most foreign exchange to the national economy through their domestic marketing and export to different destinations where these resources are imported to meet their domestic demands. Likewise, the agricultural GDP has had a positive impact during the 2010-2020 period, with the largest contribution to the total contributed during 2019, which generated $9 274 thousand dollars and was included in the overall GDP for that period.