Importancia de las buenas prácticas agrícolas (bpa) en la competitividad y acceso a mercados del sector bananero en el ecuador

Abstract

The banana sector plays a fundamental role in economic and social development worldwide, since exports and imports generate various factors that increase food security. In this aspect, access to healthy and quality food has become a priority in the importing countries of the fruit, this added to the growing interest in the protection and environmental care of consumers make the quality standards to enter international markets are more demanding and banana producing countries will have to be more competitive in terms of quality and safety of the fruit. As Ecuador is the main exporter and depends largely on the level of exports from the banana sector, it must generate better quality strategies that will allow it to remain a leader and conquer new markets, In this sense, certifications in Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) in banana producers are important to access the most demanding markets because they ensure that the fruit has efficient quality standards verified throughout the production chain in labor, environmental and production aspects, thus providing the country with an added value that allows it to differentiate itself from the competition and can meet international requirements.