Propuesta para la implementación de microempresa productora y comercializadora de setas comestibles (Pleurotus sp.) en la ciudad de Cuenca

Abstract

This technical degree project proposes the implementation of a microenterprise for the production and commercialization of edible mushrooms (Pleurotus sp.) in the Cuenca Canton. Edible mushrooms have gained importance in recent years with a growing consumption in Ecuador, the production of these mushrooms comes as an alternative method for the use of agricultural waste, thus generating employment in many areas of the country, being able to produce a new agro-industrial activity to amortize poverty through food security, these mushrooms are known for their high nutritional value and low production costs. For this reason, a study was developed comprising three stages: market, technical and financial. In the market study the acceptability of the product was evaluated through the application of 288 surveys in specific places of the urban parishes belonging to the city of Cuenca, with 92% approval of the total population surveyed, in the second part the production system of edible mushrooms was designed from the preparation of the inoculum to its commercialization, also included the location and design of the infrastructure that will constitute the microenterprise, finally in the financial study the feasibility of the project was calculated having a Benefit Cost (B / C) of 1.29, and total investment recovery time of 3 years and 5 days.