Análisis del impacto socioeconómico en los trabajadores del sector florícola en la comunidad de Tabacundo durante el periodo 2022- 2023

Abstract

Flower growing has arrived in Ecuador at the end of the 90s, this industry has reached this country thanks to its climatic conditions and its geographical location, which allows it to have an excellent climate and more than 12 hours of light a day, this has led it to grow flowers of peculiar characteristics with an unmatched quality compared to the whole world. Floriculture over the years has generated thousands of jobs in the northern provinces of the country. However, it has been identified that not all workers enjoy good working conditions, with this research we have managed to obtain data where we observe that several people do not receive the appropriate salary for the work they are doing and their working hours extend longer than those already established by law. In the same way, we corroborate that there is a high percentage of people who do not receive legal social benefits. However, the inclusion of gender has been positively reflected in this sector where 4 out of 10 workers are female, which highlights a good labor participation of this gender, in other aspects we see that floriculture is the economic engine of a hundred families in the sector where their income has served as a livelihood for their homes. Therefore, we have concluded that floriculture has a great impact both socially and economically on the lives of workers, being their source of employment.