Análisis de la productividad del sector cacaotero en la provincia de El Oro durante el periodo 2017-2021.

Abstract

The present research work has the purpose of being able to analyze the productivity of the cocoa sector in the province of El Oro during the period 2017 - 2021, being that, in the cantons that have the largest production area are Arenillas, Machala, Pasaje, Santa Rosa, and El Guabo. Within the investigation, the descriptive exploratory method was used, which consisted of using information from scientific articles, theses and similar documents, in order to analyze the variations in productivity, cocoa varieties, harvested area, production and the year of greatest performance that was obtained throughout the province. In addition, general information about Ecuador in relation to cocoa is detailed, in which it is mentioned that, throughout the Ecuadorian territory, there is an area of around 601,000 hectares of cocoa, where 77% are from the coast, 13% in the sierra and 10% in the east or Amazon region. According to the data analyzed within the period 2017 to 2021, the variety that had the greatest commercialization was CCN51.