Implementación de un centro de acopio para las asociaciones de pequeños productores de cacao del cantón Balao.

Abstract

This research project proposes the implementation of a collection center in order to cover the need to capture the production of small and mediumsized cocoa growers from Balao canton, provide a fair price to their harvest, training and assistance technique to improve their crops and ensure the permanent commercialization of cocoa and its profitability, directly contributing to the growth of the cocoa sector in that canton. As indicated, this document demonstrates that small and mediumsized cocoa producers located in the Balao canton can carry out marketing processes and thus avoid intermediation when offering their product to wholesalers. For this, visits were made to the main cocoa producer organizations located at the study site and their concern for the process of selling their fruit and the poor training and technical assistance they receive to improve the study was determined by surveys their processes and get returns. Under these needs, the information for the implementation of the collection center was carried out and the respective financial projections were made, determining that the establishment of the collection center was feasible. The structure of this project is given by four chapters. Chapter I includes theories and concepts of commercialization. Chapter II details the description of cocoa. Chapter III raises the design of the investigation. Chapter IV proposes the implementation of a collection center for small cocoa producers in Balao canton. Subsequent are the conclusions, recommendations, bibliographic references and appendix.