Productividad y rentabilidad de las queserías informales en las subregiones queseras del Departamento del Atlántico
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Date
2017
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista
Abstract
Introduction. handcrafted cheese factories in
Atlantico state have been, along their history, absorbed
in informality; this has taken the sector to have
productivity structural problems and, consequently,
competitiveness has become unfeasible for the
survival of the sector in the XXI century. Objective.
To estimate the productivity and profitability status
of informal cheese factories in Atlantico state with
the purpose of generating programs for formalization
aimed to improve their competitiveness. Materials
and methods. Descriptive analysis, survey made by
authors with a questionnaire validated by experts
and applied to informal cheese factories of the dairy
products in sub-regions in Atlantico state. Results.
To estimate monthly production of costeño cheese in
such cheese factories by sub-region, and determine its
productivity and profitability, achieving to establish a
price that allows the competitiveness of the product
in the state. Conclusion. The three sub-regions
present a productivity higher than the one found in
literature, the south sub-region presents the greatest
production of cheese in the state and the lowest
production cost per kilogram, and the highest sale
price and bigger profitability in the center-east subregion.
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista, Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá, Queserias, Queso costeño, Queso artesanal, Productividad, Rentabilidad, Competitividad
Citation
Revista Producción + Limpia Vol. 12 N. 1