Guinea pig enterprises in rural areas of Saraguro canton (Loja, Ecuador)

Authors

  • Víctor Eduardo Chininín Campoverde Universidad Nacional de Loja
  • María Isabel Ordóñez Hernández Universidad Nacional de Loja
  • Ricardo Miguel Luna Torres Universidad Nacional de Loja
  • Fanny Yolanda González Vilela Universidad Nacional de Loja
  • Ángel Vinicio León Jaramillo Universidad Nacional de Loja
  • Michael Oswaldo Barrazueta Cuenca Universidad Nacional de Loja

Keywords:

Guinea pig, Production, Management, Entrepreneurship, Associativity.

Abstract

The production of guinea pigs is an economic activity practiced by the heads of households and their families, by tradition and without any innovation. Because of this we conducted this research, whose general aim was to determine the current systems of production and management of enterprises of guinea pigs, practiced by families in the rural areas of the parishes Urdaneta, San Antonio de Cumbe and Tablón de Oña, Saraguro canton, province of Loja, in 2016, by using a descriptive study, with the purpose of generating the necessary elements for innovation proposals to contribute to food safety, to the increase of rural people’s incomes, and to help the compliance of Economic and social indicators for human development. 71 producers and 20 public workers linked to the livestock development, as well as several parish and cantonal authorities, were surveyed, and scientific observation in randomly selected farms was also made. As a result of this research, we observed that the production of guinea pigs is only for subsistence, not technical nor profitable, and it does not operate as productive enterprises yet, and associativity is not practiced. 

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Published

2017-12-31

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Chininín Campoverde, V. E., Ordóñez Hernández, M. I., Luna Torres, R. M., González Vilela, F. Y., León Jaramillo, Ángel V., & Barrazueta Cuenca, M. O. (2017). Guinea pig enterprises in rural areas of Saraguro canton (Loja, Ecuador). CEDAMAZ, 7(1). Retrieved from https://revistas.unl.edu.ec/index.php/cedamaz/article/view/378

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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2017)

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