Sustainable value chain of dry hard corn within the analysis of food sovereignty

Abstract

This book presents four essays starting from searching key pieces to deepen and analyse the structure and actors involved in the interaction of models and supply chains. Estimating a documentary and numerical review for decision-makers, and estimating economic relations at the national level and the foreign sector. Thereafter, strengthening the right to food sovereignty as a prevailing factor or mainstay for people. The first chapter analyzes a knowledge gap to expand the cognition of agriculture value chains through bibliometric analysis, in which the review of multiple scientific works investigative, and methodological development is evaluated. A point to consider in the research is that local governments develop agricultural policies with regulations based on socioeconomic results, management systems improvement and food sovereignty promotion. The second chapter deepens the analysis of the current structures from the value chains in Ecuadorian territory, regarding dry hard corn and its relationship with the actors that guide the various models in the food supply chain. It incorporates decision-makers for evaluating economic systems under the Food Sovereignty approach in synergy with the social and ecological process. The third chapter critically reviews the information in documents and national statistics in high-impact databases, as well as specialized institutions at the international and national levels. It describes the agricultural raw material markets performance, especially the Corn Value Chain in Ecuador under the Food Sovereignty approach. The fourth chapter estimates possible imports of products, such as fertilizer, oil derivates, agricultural chemicals, telephone, and communication equipment; related to agriculture for a defined short-term objective committed in guaranteeing food Sovereignty in Ecuador. It will be analyzed using homogeneous time series models with adjustments for partial periods such as AR, MA and ARMA.