Final Products

Fermented animal feed

Required Inputs

Agricultural waste, molasses, and other additives 

Competing Products

Medium competition
Traditional fodder and processed animal feed 

Potential for Export

Medium

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             

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

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.

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

Environmental

Eco-friendly use of agricultural waste

Social

Lower cost of animal feed for small breeders and creates job opportunities for unskilled labor

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