Economic analysis of the sale channels of camelid fresh meat and charqui in Peru, Bolivia and Argentina

In the Andean countries the factors that explain the scarce exploitation to the consumption of the products derived by the meat of the American south camelidis are numerous. Currently the consumption of these foods is diffused inside the populations of breeders. On the market, instead, the demand is scarce. The objective of the research is a comparative analysis of the sale channels of fresh meat and charqui. The change from a rural market not regular of the meat to that urban controlled and valorization with the quality and the typicality of the products, it could represent a deserving proposal of consideration to favor the improvement of the operators income and the quality of final product. The conclusive considerations consist in the proposals to favor the development of the chains: interventions from the private operators and the public quality policies.Key words: sale channels, camelidis, llama meat, charqui