Diagnóstico económico y social de los productores de miel de abeja de la Asociación Agro Artesanal de Productores Ecológicos de Palanda y Chinchipe APECAP del cantón Palanda, provincia de Zamora Chinchipe, 2017

Abstract

The purpose of the present study is to raise a socio-economic diagnosis of bee honey producers that are part of the Association Agroartesanal of Organic Producers of Palanda and Chinchipe "APECAP" of Palanda canton, province of Zamora Chinchipe, in order to be able qualitatively and quantitatively analyze the production of honey, as well as propose a proposal to strengthen bee production in these units. To obtain this information, a survey was applied to the 12 honey producers of the APECAP association, which was carried out in situ (farms of the producers). Subsequently, a strengthening plan was established, based on the Methodology for the Strengthening of Rural Associative Enterprises, proposed by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), which aims to improve the agribusiness and organizational management capacities. Among the main results we observed that beekeeping is a complementary activity, there is ignorance of the market, the need for training, as well as the need to develop a business plan and market study of honey.