PRODUCCIÓN Y COMERCIALIZACIÓN DEL ARROZ: RECINTO MONTE DE ABAJO

Abstract

The research that has been done in the Recinto Monte de Abajo about the production and commercialization of rice, identified the facts that come into play with the problems of the small and medium farmers who give their crops to trade intermediaries or to rice plants (rice peelers) that economically support them. But they give their products at lower prices that the ones fixed by the government. Interviews to key informers from parroquia "la Victoria" and canton "Salitre' have been applied, also to farmers and owners of rice plants from the Recinto under study. The main subjects that have been researched are: -surface of the cultivated patches; -production and financial costs; -technological level; -the crops' destiny; -dry and storage capacity of the rice peelers. There is investigation about how effective the public especialy policies are in terms of economical support and capacitation; the final conclusion is that the small and medium rice farmers do not get any benefits from this policies and economical support. The theoretical investigation gets information that allows us to understand the internal and external factors that affect the prices and the trading difficulties. It makes a reference to the Solidary Popular Economy model and the support of the small and medium companies (PYMES in Spanish) through strategies of communitarian organization, associative and with a cooperative philosophy. These medium and small companies should get preferential attention from the Government with the purpose of helping them to incorporate into a better and profitable system and to make better the socioeconomic situation from the weakest farm and agriculture sectors from our country.