CAMBIO DE LA MATRIZ PRODUCTIVA EN EL SECTOR CACAOTERO

Abstract

Ecuador has been a country that has only been concerned about the export of raw materials to developed countries, which are used to produce finished products. Therefore the government implemented a plan to change the productive matrix consisting of the export of finished products instead of raw materials such as cocoa, which is one most exported product in Ecuador. In this research the current situation of the cocoa sector in the country and the benefits that small farmers with the new plan of government, was analyzed. There were interviews to small farmers and to the statistical analyst ANECACAO, which we got to know where the government plan is actually directing. Additional it is mentioned the benefits that would provide a model of alternative agricultural enterprise development if applied for change of the productive matrix. The change of the productive matrix in the cocoa sector is feasible as long as domestic producers are strengthened in technical and productive aspects, but above all by offering them business knowledge to enable them to have a thought of growing in an association and becoming entrepreneurs.