Análisis de las oportunidades productivas y comerciales del plátano (musa paradisiaca) dentro del territorio ecuatoriano

Abstract

Banana production in Ecuador assumes a fundamental role within the agricultural sector, in which the most benefited are the producer and the locals; All this is due to the fact that agriculture is the activity that stands out the most among its inhabitants, and that is why it is one of the countries where the agricultural sector has managed to be an economic pillar of great importance throughout its territory. Plantain cultivation creates jobs, helps improve the occupancy rate of the producer and that of their relatives who work in different tasks such as planting, maintenance, cutting, moving, packing, shipping, etc. Both in Ecuador and in other countries, this crop has managed to provide limited productive and commercial opportunities to large, medium and small farmers, thus improving their quality of life, and in this way, seeing banana production as a very important piece in the economy of many countries. The productive and commercial analysis is based mainly on what we are experiencing today in matters such as production, planted and harvested area, employment, internal consumption of plantain, exports, frequency of consumption, among others; what will be achieved in some way or another in what can improve this production.