Producción, comercialización y rentabilidad del cultivo de maíz (zea mays l.), en el Cantón Valencia, Provincia de Los Ríos, 2014.

This research aims to analyze the current economic situation of the production, marketing and profitability of maize (Zea mays L.) in the canton Valencia, Los Rios province; in relation to costs and production systems used, under the influence of small, medium and large producers in order to assess whether the activity generates a satisfactory level of profitability for the farmer. Being a kind of descriptive and applied research, inductive and analytical development of the same methods were used, all supported by primary and secondary sources that allowed data collection objects of study. The work began with a description of the current situation of maize production through the application of surveys of 65 producers, sample obtained from a population of 561 farmers. Managing to obtain the information necessary to meet the objectives, data were tabulated and confronted by percentage ratio using Exel. The analysis of results determined the importance of this activity in the economy of a 44.61% of families, lack of records which can keep track of expenses, besides the existence of a semi-management technology in production in which living costs amount to $ 1,235.80 in the case of small producers with the management of technological packages without kits $ 1,493.42, $ 1,648.81 to $ 1,752.24 and medium producers for big producers; as an indicator of profitability, the benefit / cost ratio showed that the gain obtained is satisfactory in relation to the investment, with returns of 70%, 106%, 66% and 65% respectively. Highlighting the contribution of high-performance technology packages on increasing profitability.

• Main Author: Avilés Noroña, Ronal Stalin (author)
• Format: bachelorThesis
• Language: spa
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Producción; Comercialización y rentabilidad; Cultivo de maíz
• Online Access: http://repositorio.uteq.edu.ec/handle/43000/1265