Análisis Sectorial Producción y Comercialización de café en el cantón Puyango

Abstract

Abstract: This theme is research that focuses on an analysis of the behavior of coffee production and marketing in Puyango. Using for study sample to 279 producers. This county is located in the Province of Loja in the south of the country, has 15,500 inhabitants according to the last census carried out, of which 5320 ha are planted coffee areas, the coffee zone of Loja of its production exported to 85% is say 250 monthly bags of Arabica coffee which Puyango canton accounts for 3% of local exports of coffee. The problems we face are: lack of infrastructure to benefit coffee farmers groups or weakness, improved financing credits, climate change, price instability, disease and pests in crops of coffee, Ecuador's coffee industry has been forced to import raw materials to meet their needs. Therefore, the coffee sector in this area is reflected in a lower yield of 6 quintals / hectare.