Low productivity and quality of the primary link of the cattle production chain as an input for the industry in the Ecuadorian Amazon Region.

Abstract

The objective of the study was to evaluate the main causes that affect the low productivity and quality of the primary link of the cattle production chain as an input for the food transformation industry and related to other destinations in the Ecuadorian Amazon region (RAE). Questionnaire were conducted with 399 variables from each of the Amazonian provinces to evaluate behavior in the productive, environmental, economic and social dimensions of livestock systems and animal behavior of the different breeds. The results were analyzed once the livestock systems were typified in each productive purpose, we analyzed the discrete variables that affect the behavior of the systems, related to the productive dimensions (individual milk production and birth rate) and ANAVA for breeding breeds more frequent in each of the provinces. The composition of the systems in the RAE showed that the most frequent breeds are Criollo (35.9) and mestizos without records (63.3%) with a specialized breed deficit that means that the agroindustrial sector is almost non-existent. The Norman races; Holstein and Brown Swiss present births of 82.47; 78.19 and 66.47% respectively, however they do not express their milk production potential due to the management system used. It is concluded that the link that presents the greatest vulnerability is the primary one (livestock farmers) mainly because in the RAE are producing with important productive deficiencies.