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) |
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 | Fruits, food processing and packaging |
Impact | Promotes value-addition to food industries |
Studies
| Serial | File name | Download |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNIDO IGGE_VC Cluster Competitiveness & BOM |
