Análisis de los factores de éxito que permitieron superar las principales crisis del sector camaronero en el Ecuador en el periodo (2000-2020).

Abstract

The goal of the research project is to analyze the varied factors that allowed overcoming the different crises in the shrimp sector during the last 20 years. Among the crises that affected the shrimp industry in the determined period were the White Spot, which was a direct crisis of the sector; and the most recent, Covid-19, a crisis that was more of a global sanitary nature. As a result of the investigation, it was proved through factors that the crisis that hit the sector the hardest was the White Spot, which took years to recover; on the other hand, the Covid-19 slowed down the projected growth for 2020. Both crises helped the shrimp industry to innovate both in production method and in the technification of the fields, reflecting this both in income and exports in the national GDP, being currently the first non-oil product of major national export. This has allowed Ecuador to become increasingly prominent in the international market over the years and is currently the largest producer of shrimp in the world, ahead of China and Thailand, projecting that in 5 years the Ecuadorian shrimp industry will have the production capacity to meet the total global demand for shrimp.