Diseño de un modelo para mejorar la producción de café orgánico de la asociación APROCAIRO de la parroquia El Airo cantón Espíndola provincia de Loja

Abstract

Abstract: The low productivity of the coffee activity in the APROCAIRO association and its negative effects on the partners makes it necessary to look for alternative solutions that allow increasing productivity and generating significant benefits for the farmers who obtain their main economic income thanks to this activity. That is why this research seeks to propose an organic coffee production model that surpasses the traditional way of cultivating this product and thus achieve efficient returns so that the organization can stay in this market and the partners receive a higher remuneration for their effort in the coffee farms. To this end, a situational diagnosis of the association is developed that allows knowing its productive and socio-organizational state to investigate productive models applicable to its reality and that allow correcting said problem, concluding that the application of good agricultural practices, adequate management of post-harvest and correct marketing of the final product will allow it to solve its productivity deficiencies and become a true benchmark for the local development of the El Airo parish.