Abstract
The purpose of this article is to analyze the relationship between economic growth (measured by economic, social, and financial variables) and the agricultural productive structure, as well as its possibilities for diversification, in Ecuador’s 23 provinces in the year 2014. First, we constructed the Shannon-Weaver index. We then used the graphic cartograms method to select relationships between variables. Next, we calculated the Pearson coefficient and the covariance, which revealed the linear association among the study’s variables. This methodology led us to conclude that several variables (the gross added value of only agriculture, the average total household income, and the economically active population) have a positive influence on agricultural diversification; each province’s overall gross added value, while the level of education, the unemployment rate, and the volume of credit had a negative influence.
Highlights
The integration of Latin America into the world economy has been carried out through the export of primary products [1]
In order to attain the objective of analyzing the statistical association between economic, social, and financial variables and provincial-level agricultural land diversification in Ecuador for 2014, we first constructed the Shannon-Weaver index, selected a list of variables using the graphic method of cartograms
Known as the Shannon index, this enabled us to determine the agricultural diversification of land use for comparison with economic growth in Ecuador’s provinces [42]
Summary
The integration of Latin America into the world economy has been carried out through the export of primary products [1]. Its main effect is reducing hunger and malnutrition, mainly because 59% of production in rural areas is agricultural, so farming can improve people’s living conditions by increasing their income and generating employment for the vulnerable groups living in niches of poverty (Food and Agriculture Organization) [4]. These people’s needs are priorities for immediate attention and the most effective policy to satisfy their needs is agricultural development, making it imperative to identify this sector’s role and contrast it with current economic approaches [5]. Sustainable land use is significant, since the current domination by monoculture has caused environmental problems such as soil erosion, rendering land unproductive and damaging the livelihoods of families who directly and indirectly depend on agricultural activity [7]
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