Evaluation of the technical efficiency in the production of National Cocoa in the main cantons of the province of Guayas

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A comparative analysis of the technical efficiency in the production of national cocoa among the main producing cantons of the province of Guayas was carried out. For this, the study was based on an analysis with inductive reasoning and empirical-analytical paradigm, through the elaboration of surveys to 361 UPA s in the cantons of: Milagro, San Jacinto de Yaguachi, El Empalme, Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno, Naranjal and Simon Bolivar; these data served as the basis for the elaboration of the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model. The results show that on average, the Simon Bolivar canton is the canton with the highest technical efficiency, with 50% of the total UPAs surveyed in the range of 70% and 99% effectiveness. Finally, regarding the observed averages of allocative efficiency, it can be concluded that Jujan has the highest average with 75%. \nKeywords: Technical and Allocative Efficiency, National Cocoa, Enveloped Data Analysis, Non Parametric Method. \nReferences \n[1]M. Naranjo., «Un Puerto en busca de una Nacion, Guayaquil y la idea fundacional del Ecuador como pais,» de Seminario Internacional Poder, Politica y Repertorios de la Movilizacion Social en el Ecuador Bicentenario, Quito, 2009. \n[2]S. C. Mogro, V. Andrade-Diaz y D. P.-. Villacis, «Posicionamiento y eficiencia del banano, cacao y flores del Ecuador en el mercado mundial,» Revista Ciencia UNEMI, vol. 9, no 19, pp. 48-53, 2016. \n[3]M. Vassallo, Diferenciacion y agregado de valor en la cadena ecuatoriana del cacao, Quito: Editorial IAEN, 2015. \n[4]M. Pigache y S. Bainville, Cacao tipo ‘Nacional’ vs. Cacao CCN51: ?Quien ganara el partido?, Quito: Ird Editions, 2007. \n[5]M. Chiriboga, Jornaleros, grandes propietarios y exportacion cacaotera, Quito: Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar, 2013. \n[6]A. Acosta., Breve Historia Economica del Ecuador, Quito: Editora Nacional, 2006. \n[7]M. Espinoza y Y. Arteaga., «Diagnostico de los Procesos de Asociatividad y la Produccion de Cacao en Milagro y sus sectores aledanos,» Revista Ciencia UNEMI, vol. 8, no 14, pp. 105-112, 2015. \n[8]E. Romero, M. Fernandez, J. Macias y K. Zuniga, «Produccion y comercializacion del cacao y su incidencia en el desarrollo socioeconomico del canton Milagro,» Revista Ciencia UNEMI, vol. 9, no 17, pp. 56-64, 2016. \n[9]e. I. I. d. C. A. Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia, La Agroindustria en el Ecuador. Un diagnostico integral, Quito: IICA, 2006. \n[10]R. Rodriguez, M. Brugiafreddo y E. Rana., «Eficiencia tecnica en la agricultura familiar: Analisis envolvente de datos (DEA) versus aproximacion de fronteras estocasticas (SFA),» Nova Scientia, vol. 9, no 18, pp. 342-370, 2017. \n[11]A. Resti., «Evaluating the cost-efficiency of the Italian banking system: what can be learned from the joint application of parametric and non-parametric techniques,» Journal of Banking & Finance, vol. 21, no 2, pp. 221-250, 1997. \n[12]T. Coelli y S. Perelman, «A Comparison Of Parametric And Non-Parametric Distance Functions: With Application To European Railways,» European Journal Of Operational Research, vol. 117, no 2, pp. 326-339, 1999. \n[13]B. Iraizoz, M. Rapun y I. Zabaleta., «Assessing the technicalb efficiency of horticultural production in Navarra, Spain,» Agricultural Systems, vol. 78, no 3, pp. 387-403, 2003. \n[14]K. Sharma, S. Ping y H. Zaleski., «Productive efficiency of the swine industry in Hawaii,» Research Series, vol. 77, pp. 1-24, 1996. \n[15]D. Tingley, S. Pascoe y L. Coglan, «Factors affecting technical efficiency in fisheries: Stochastic Production Frontier versus Data Envelopment Analysis approaches,» Fisheries Research, vol. 73, no 3, pp. 363-376, 2005. \n[16]H. Johansson, «Technical, allocative and economic efficiency in Swedish dairy farms: the Data Envelopment Analysis versus the Stochastic Frontier Approach,» de Poster background paper prepared for presentation at the XIth International Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE), Copenhagen, 2005. \n[17]F. Madau, «Technical and scale efficiency in the Italian Citrus Farming: A comparison between Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Models,» Munich Personal RePEc Archive (MPRA), vol. 41403, no 18, pp. 1-25, 2012. \n[18]E. A. S. d. Pedro, Nivel de competitividad y eficiencia de la produccion ganadera, Cordoba: Tesis doctoral. Departamento de Produccion Animal, 2013. \n[19]F. Bacon, Novum Organum, Londres, 1620. \n[20]Seminario Metodologia de la Investigacion, Bogota: Facultad de Ciencias Economicas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2015.