BIO-BASED ECONOMY
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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 |