Agronegocio Conchero (Anadara tuberculosa): Aspectos socioeconómicos, Archipiélago de Jambelí.

Abstract

In this article, we present a study about the socioeconomic part of the agribusiness in the shell sector of the commune Costa Rica, with the objective of diagnosing the social and economic situation of the collectors of concha prieta (Anadara tuberculosa). In this work, a survey was carried out to 44 collectors of the commune Costa Rica, validating the instrument with a Cronbach Alpha of 0.87. The results indicate that there is great participation of the feminine gender dedicated to the collection of the conchero resource and that the majority of age for participation of gender is between 32-44 years, also we have evidenced that more than half of the people surveyed do not have some basic services and of health. The average number of black shell units collected per person was 16.923 per year, costs and income were $ 836,00 and $ 2.200 per year. A Chi-square test was applied obtaining a p-value of 0.003 (bilateral asymptotic sig.) that is compared with the Alpha of significance (assumed as 5%), is too high to reject Ho, thus, it can be concluded that the variables are not related. The activity of the conchero resource does generate utilities for the comuneros.