Open AccessIdentifying Cocoa Marketing System (Theobroma Cacao L.) at Utcubamba and Bagua Provinces in the Region of Amazonas-Peru
Author(s) -
Vicente M. Castañeda Chávez,
Polito Michael Huayama Sopla,
Pablo Alfredo Rituay Trujillo
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
studia ekonomiczne i regionalne
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2451-182X
pISSN - 2083-3725
DOI - 10.2478/ers-2018-0033
Subject(s) - theobroma , agricultural science , product (mathematics) , work (physics) , business , intermediary , population , agriculture , marketing , product marketing , production (economics) , agricultural economics , geography , marketing strategy , economics , engineering , sociology , mathematics , mechanical engineering , geometry , demography , archaeology , macroeconomics , horticulture , biology , environmental science
Summary Subject and purpose of work: The purpose of the study was to identify the marketing system of cocoa ( Theobroma cacao L. ) traditionally used by producers in the provinces of Utcubamba and Bagua in the Amazonas region in Peru. Materials and methods: The study was conducted by means of the diagnostic survey method, using direct interviews with a specified population that consisted of 90 producers out of a total of 1239 affiliates grouped in 3 agricultural organizations. The study was developed in 2017. Results: The cocoa marketing system in the Amazonas region is related to the traditionally used forms and methods of production as well as to the agents involved in it. Conclusions: The cocoa marketing system identified in the provinces under study is a free market governed by laws of supply and demand with the sale of the product to intermediaries mainly in its fresh state and as raw material.