Análisis de la competitividad de la actividad agrícola y alternativas de mejora en pequeñas comunidades de la provincia de Santa Elena. Caso de estudio Comuna Valdivia.

Abstract

This research work will address the problems presented by farmers in the Valdivia Commune. Among which we have mainly, the little availability of water and little technical knowledge, being factors that affect socioeconomic level in their daily life. With the data collection, this information will be analyzed to obtained elements to validate the hypothesis. It is important to point out that the main purpose is to improve the quality of life of the farmers and families of the Valdivia commune by strengthening their skills and acquiring tools for the development of activity, for which they have the firm intention to reduce their production costs, increase of harvests or high productivity, and increase of sales price, through several actions. The economic analysis instrument is the cost-benefit ratio (impact on beneficiaries). The result obtained is the benefit being the acquisition of a series of tools (tangible and intangible) to raise the competitive level of the farmer. If we take into account that the total cost of the proposal is $ 68,250.00 or about $ 1,900.00 per farmer and family. In addition, considering that farmers currently receive an income of $ 180 per month and grow on average once a year, mainly due to water scarcity. Implemented the proposal, for the simple fact that the farmer can grow more than 2 times a year, due to the availability of water, their income will increase rapidly. For this reason, it has been considered that the average monthly income per farmer will increase between 90% and 120% to the $ 180 that they currently receive.