Productive chains. From the oil palm agribusiness in global value chains

Encadenamientos productivos. De la agroindustria palma de aceite en las cadenas globales de valor

The productive chains are important in the internationalization of companies; being for them a vital mechanism for the generation of value. The purpose of this article is to carry out a descriptive analysis of the productive chain of the oil palm agroindustrial sector in medium-sized companies and their ability to insert themselves into global value chains through the export of their products. For its development, 20 homogeneous companies, belonging to the palm oil sector, located in Colombia in the departments of Cesar, Bolívar and Magdalena were analyzed. A theoretical foundation of the study variables was carried out. The results indicate that companies have difficulties in accessing Global Value Chains to the extent that their productive capacities are limited by the low capacity to acquire technology; likewise, the ability to assimilate changes in production with the use of new tools for which there is no full capacity. In the same way, when their productive capacities are disrupted by the transformation in hiring policies, technology implementation, weaknesses in human social capital skills, which generates a low degree of innovation in the sector's processes.