Final Products

High-nutrient animal feed for cattle breeding

Required Inputs

Sprout, barley

Competing Products

Low competition
Traditional fodder and processed animal feed in local market Imported feed

Potential for Export

Low

Complexity – Type of Process

Simple – mechanical process

Technology

Cultivation and mixing with additives

Equipment and Material

Barley breeding room and packaging material

Human Resources

Manual labor and agriculture engineers

Forward Linkage

Cattle breeders

Local/Regional/Nationwide

Local Market- Upper Egypt Region

Backward Linkage

Farmers

Supporting Entities

Equipment suppliers and testing facilities

Competitive Edge

High-nutrient animal feed

Revenue Stream

Sales of animal feed

CAPEX

Consists mainly of the cost of machinery with an average of 700K EGP

Investment Size

Small (between 500k-5M EGP)

Note: This CAPEX represents the indicative investment size, however, this investment opportunity can start from a micro-scale investment and grow in scale.

Key Challenge

Seasonality of agricultural produce, absence of product specification and standardization, sales and marketing services

Advantages

Animal feed with high nutritional value and simple technology

Potential Pathways to Growth

Production of other value-added barley products (e.g., for food) and/or other highly nutritious animal feed and/or barley breeding rooms manufacturing/distribution

Environmental

Reduces water consumption compared to farming of traditional green fodder

Social

Creates job opportunities for unskilled labor

Relevant sub-market

Compost and animal feed

Impact

Enhances the efficiency of farming practices