SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PRODUCTION
Manufacturing of fruit and vegetable dryers
Market
| Final Products | Drying machines |
| Required Inputs | Material and processing tools |
| Competing Products |
Low competition |
| Potential for Export | High |
Process
| Complexity – Type of Process | Medium – mechanical design and machinery |
| Technology | Design and machinery |
| Equipment and Material | Collector, pipes, tanks and racks |
| Human Resources | Manual labor, skilled technicians, chemical and mechanical engineers |
Business Linkage
| Forward Linkage | Farmers |
| Local/Regional/Nationwide | Export & local markets |
| Backward Linkage | Machine parts suppliers |
| Supporting Entities | Equipment and component suppliers, testing facilities, marketing services companies |
| Competitive Edge |
Locally available and tailored, could be lower cost |
Economic Features
| Revenue Stream | Sales and maintenance of systems |
| CAPEX | 1.3M 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 | Upscaling production and maintaining high-quality, meeting product specification and standardization, limitation of digital financial solutions for end-user |
| Advantages | Product in high demand |
| Potential Pathways to Growth | Manufacturing/assembly/selling and distribution of other types of dryers/production lines and/or spare parts, manufacturing/sales and distribution of final dried products (packaged or lose), dryer/production line rental service |
General Impact
| Environmental | Reduces CO2 emissions and decreases agricultural produce waste |
| Social | Provides a tool for farmers to increase revenue streams and creates job opportunities |
Impact on Sub-market(s), Cluster(s) and Value Chain(s)
| Relevant sub-market | Technology/equipment manufacturing |
| Lies within the following value chain/cluster(s) |
Fruits, food processing and packaging |
| Impact | Promotes value-addition to food industries |
Studies
| Serial | File name | Download |
| 1 | UNIDO IGGE_VC Cluster Competitiveness & BOM |
