Evaluation of the agricultural status of the national cacao plantations in Ecuador

Abstract

Ecuador overview aims to be the second country producer of cocoa at international level, in 2010, producing 132 thousand tons of cocoa and became the eighth country producer in the world. In 2018 it became the fourth with 315 thousand tons, but the expectations for this year 2019 are overcome 400 thousand tons and advance to second place behind Ivory Coast. The Ministry of agriculture has joined the effort of producers, since 2011 began the great national pruning that allows the increase of the production under the parameters of quality and technical care. Pruning to rehabilitate hectares planted with cocoa; delivery of grafted and certified fine aroma cacao plants are part of the strategies applied by the Ministry of agriculture, livestock, aquaculture and fisheries, through the reactivation of the coffee project and national fine Aroma Cacao, to improve the production and productivity of such a product, this reactivation would ensure the success of the productions, so it becomes necessary to know the current situation of the plantations and establish efficient management, and proposing actions to eliminate the causes that affect the production of fine cocoa.