Abstract

The purpose of the research was to identify and characterize the links in the production chain of rice. The study is descriptive, in which a diagnostic tool that was validated by the MAGAP where he summoned the chain links and participatory manner a plan to improve competitiveness chain was applied was determined. The actors of the links were identified, showing serious situation; They are related to climatic anomalies and pest attack snail; However, behind these problems juncture that absorb the attention of private actors and sector authorities, persistent structural problems of low productivity, lack of infrastructure, insufficient financing, market distortions, excessive intermediation difficulties export surplus and potential vulnerability to imports, weak association between producers and conflict between the links, tensions with the state and lack of coordination between the national level.

Keywords: characterization, value chain system of agricultural production, analysis, competitiveness.

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Granados Rivas, Y.E. et al. 2017. Characterization of the Value Chain of Rice Cultivation in Ecuador. International Journal of Science and Engineering Invention. 3, 04 (Jan. 2017), 304 to 312. DOI:https://doi.org/10.23958/ijsei/vol03-i01/04.

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Copyright © 2017 Yanila Esther Granados Rivas Sandra Cecilia Muñoz Macías Luis Amable Zambrano Medranda this is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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