BIO-BASED ECONOMY
General fermented animal feed from agricultural waste for cattle breeders
Market
| Final Products | Fermented animal feed |
| Required Inputs | Agricultural waste, molasses, and other additives |
| Competing Products |
Medium competition |
| Potential for Export | Medium |
Process
| Complexity – Type of Process | Simple – mechanical process |
| Technology | Shredding, additives, anaerobic fermentation, packing and sealing |
| Equipment and Material | Horizontal silos, small vertical cylindrical silos, sealed plastic bags, plastic film wrapping, and plastic drums |
| Human Resources | Technicians and biochemists |
Business Linkage
| Forward Linkage | Animal breeders |
| Local/Regional/Nationwide | Local Market - Upper Egypt Region |
| Backward Linkage | Farmers and sugar factories for molasses |
| Supporting Entities | Waste contractors, testing facilities, and packaging material suppliers |
| Competitive Edge |
High-quality and nutritional animal feed at lower price |
Economic Features
| Revenue Stream | Sales of fermented animal feed |
| CAPEX | Consists of the cost of machinery with an average of 1.1M 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. |
Considerations
| Key Challenge | Farmers’ commitment to selling their agricultural waste, seasonality of agricultural waste, absence of designated recycling areas, and cash flow management |
| Advantages | Simple technology with a positive impact on the waste management sector by utilizing agricultural waste |
| Potential Pathways to Growth | Production, sales, and/or distribution of animal feed with higher nutritional value (e.g., using richer protein sources) and/or protein 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 for unskilled labor |
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) |
Agricultural waste |
| Impact | Enhances the quality of animal feed products |
Studies
| Serial | File name | Download |
| 1 | UNIDO IGGE_VC Cluster Competitiveness & BOM |
