Centro de acopio rural sustentable de productos agrícolas para la parroquia de la Concepción del cantón Mira, provincia del Carchi

Abstract

The current study corresponds to research in the rural sector for developing territories, in Parish of La Concepción located in Cantón Mira, Carchi Province, delimiting a sector according to the level of needs of small and medium farmers. The research of the project is approached through a qualitative, quantitative and empirical study in the area, analyzing customs, economic activities, traditions and problems, to understand their needs, through the use of techniques and instruments such as internal and external surveys and interviews; identifying three communities in the parish and the city of Mira; Carchi Station for its historical memory, where the train that linked the mountains with the Ecuadorian coast traveled, highlighting the change of agricultural products such as grains, fruits and livestock products such as fish and shrimp respectively. Santa Ana for being the community that concentrates the largest amount of population, La Concepción for being the parish seat, and the city of Mira for being the capital of the canton. The main characteristics of these communities are: Family farming, the variety of their agricultural products and the largest production volume in the parish. The Parish of La Concepción maintains commercial activities with the surrounding parishes and the province of Imbabura mainly, but moving their products involves mobilization expenses, so the farmer transports the products to the improvised warehouses of the properties, where intermediaries go to negotiate the price of the products, generating a low rate of profit, in addition, the lack of a physical place of commercialization causes a situation of disgust, which increases the disinterest of production by the agricultural worker. For this reason, an agricultural collection center is proposed in the parish head where its greatest agricultural activity is found so that farmers can directly market their products to the wholesale markets of the nearest localities. The parish requires the design of a primary collection center, and the functional level scheme of several secondary collection centers, in order that farmers can regularize prices to obtain better profit in the economic field, to reactivate the production of the place. The primary collection center contains hoarding spaces, meeting areas, cultural and gastronomic areas, which promote entrepreneurship and economic alternatives in the parish. The design is based on sustainability, using and optimizing local materials and resources, linkedto the natural context in which it is located, the areas start from the analysis of the volume of agricultural production that the parish has, in addition, complementary areas of the activities and needs of the communities. This project helps the different communities of the parish of La Concepción to reactivate and boost their economy, improving the marketing strategies of agricultural products, which will go directly to wholesale markets without the need for intermediation, thus controlling the prices, strengthening and incentivizing the small and medium farmer to a greater production in search of new markets. In addition, it promotes the development of enterprises based on agriculture such as: gastronomic stands and internal mobilization of products from secondary collection centers to the primary collection center, allowing better organization and participation of the inhabitants of the different communities in these activities.