BIO-BASED ECONOMY
Animal feed from sugarcane bagasse for cattle breeders
Market
| Final Products | Animal feed |
| Required Inputs | Agri waste e.g., Sugarcane straw and possible additives |
| Competing Products | Low competition Traditional fodder and processed animal feed |
| Potential for Export | Medium |
Process
| Complexity – Type of Process |
Medium – mechanical process |
| Technology | Shredding, additives, packaging and sealing (anaerobic fermentation) |
| Equipment and Material | Horizontal silo, small vertical cylindrical silos, plastic bags, plastic film wrapping and plastic drums |
| Human Resources | Manual labor, mechanical engineers and biochemists |
Business Linkage
| Forward Linkage | Cattle breeders |
| Local/Regional/Nationwide | Local market- nationwide |
| Backward Linkage | Farmers |
| Supporting Entities | Waste contractors, additives and packaging material suppliers |
| Competitive Edge |
Provides high-nutrient animal feed at lower cost and with tailored specifications compared to importing |
Economic Features
| Revenue Stream | Sales of animal feed |
| CAPEX | Consists of the cost of machinery which would cost around 1.1 M EGP Note: This CAPEX represents the indicative investment size, however, this investment opportunity can start from a micro-scale investment and grow in scale. |
| Investment Size | Small (between 500k-5M EGP) |
Considerations
| Key Challenge | Farmers’ commitment to sell their agricultural waste and seasonality of agricultural waste, cash flow management, transportation cost, absence of designated recycling areas on industrial zones |
| Advantages | Animal feed with high nutritional value and lower cost |
| Potential Pathways to Growth | Production of animal feed with higher nutritional value (e.g., using richer protein sources), production of feedstock for animal feed factories |
General Impact
| Environmental | Eco-friendly use of agricultural waste |
| Social | Lower cost of animal feed for small breeders and creates job opportunities |
Impact on Sub-market(s), Cluster(s) and Value Chain(s)
| Relevant sub-market | Compost and animal feed |
| Lies within the following value chain/cluster(s) |
Sugarcane and agricultural waste |
| Impact | Promotes value-addition to sugarcane waste and enhances the quality of animal feed products |
Studies
| Serial | File name | Download |
| 1 | UNIDO IGGE_VC Cluster Competitiveness & BOM |
