Análisis económico del proyecto de riego por aspersión Atapo Palmira, en el cantón Guamote, provincia de Chimborazo, periodo 2013-2016.

Abstract

The purpose was to analyze the Atapo Palmira sprinkler irrigation Project economically in Guamote canton, Chimborazo province in the period 2013-2016. In our planet the availability of water resources is scarce, where agriculture is responsible for 70% of consumption; This is how a technified irrigation project was implemented in the Atapo community; it aims to optimize water resources through a more efficient system; acting this research as a tool to evaluate and quantify the effect that the implementation of this system has had on the levels of income of the UPFs before the implementation of the project and after its execution for which, an analytical methodology was used with a quantitative-qualitative research approach and a descriptive, correlational and explanatory scope , aimed at a population of 532 beneficiary families, the statistical program SPSS was used for the data analysis, while the economic information of the project was analyzed in a descriptive way through the chi-square test (x2), while established indicators were used for economic and social analysis, such as productivity, utility, Benefit/Cost, profitability, economic efficiency, productive impact, shadow price, social value of time, social cost benefit and water footprint; so once the research was concluded, different results were obtained such as: the project has been economically and socially efficient due to the fact that the economic profit obtained was $11.96, with a 26.3% profitability, a NPV of $6295. 22, an IRR of 17.3% and B/C was $1.59; 44 families were served more than expected, expanding by 125.95 ha, the social BN was $2.09, the social value of time was $1.29, the efficiency of the project was 0.32, concluding that the efficiency was greater than expected, supported by the increase in productive yields.