SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PRODUCTION
Pheromone bio-pest control traps for farmers
Market
| Final Products | Pheromone pest control traps |
| Required Inputs | Pheromones and materials |
| Competing Products |
Low competition |
| Potential for Export | High |
Process
| Complexity – Type of Process | Simple – machinery |
| Technology | Design and machinery of traps (from bottles, plastics or metals) |
| Equipment and Material | Plastics, metals and pheromones |
| Human Resources | Manual labor, quality control engineers and biochemists |
Business Linkage
| Forward Linkage | Farmers |
| Local/Regional/Nationwide | Export & local markets |
| Backward Linkage | Material suppliers and pheromones |
| Supporting Entities | Equipment suppliers and organizations for product specification and standardization like EOS |
| Competitive Edge |
Bio-based alternative for farmers at low-cost |
Economic Features
| Revenue Stream | Sale of traps and services to maintain them |
| CAPEX | Consists of the cost of machinery which cost an average of 112K EGP Note: This CAPEX represents the indicative investment size, however, this investment opportunity can grow in implementation to a larger sized investments. |
| Investment Size | Micro (less than 500K EGP) |
Considerations
| Key Challenge | Competition with traditional pesticides and scaling up production, supply access and quality, in addition to marketing and sales services |
| Advantages | Low-cost organic pest control |
| Potential Pathways to Growth | Production, sales and/or distribution of full/customized pest control solutions for different types of farms and crops (could also include Internet of Things (IoT) applications for pest control) |
General Impact
| Environmental | Prevents harmful effects of chemical pesticides on agriculture |
| Social | Low-cost pesticides reduce cost of agriculture activities |
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 and vegetables |
| Impact | Enhances the quality of farm production |
Studies
| Serial | File name | Download |
| 1 | UNIDO IGGE_VC Cluster Competitiveness & BOM |
