Final Products

Sun-dried fruits and vegetables

Required Inputs

fruits and vegetables

Competing Products

Low competition
Other brands for dried fruits and vegetables (local or imported)

Potential for Export

High

Complexity – Type of Process

Simple – thermal process

Technology

Solar drying and packaging

Equipment and Material

Solar drying racks and packaging materials

Human Resources

Manual labor, food safety specialists, and quality control engineers

Forward Linkage

Consumers, retailers, restaurants, and hotels

Local/Regional/Nationwide

Export & local markets (nationwide)

Backward Linkage

Farmers

Supporting Entities

Drying equipment and packaging material suppliers and testing facilities

Competitive Edge

Could be lower cost and more tailored to market needs (sizes etc.) as produced locally

Revenue Stream

Sales of dried fruits and vegetables

CAPEX

The inputs and technology would cost an average of 400K EGP

Note: This CAPEX represents the indicative investment size, however, this investment opportunity can grow in implementation to a larger-sized investment.

Investment Size

Micro (less than 500K EGP)

Key Challenge

Seasonality of supply, mass production, access to high-quality suppliers, food safety, marketing and sales, meeting product specification and standardization

Advantages

High profit margins and high value-addition

Potential Pathways to Growth

Production, sales, and/or distribution of other value-added products (e.g., powder, extracts, flavored pastes, concentrate etc.) for various customer segments (packaged and branded or white label) and diversifying types of crops

Environmental

Reduces waste of agricultural produce, utilization of sustainable energy and processing material close to the field reduces emissions in transportation

Social

Increases returns on agriculture activities and creates job opportunities for both unskilled labor and women

Relevant sub-market

Dried products

Lies within the following
value chain/cluster(s)

fruits and vegetables, food processing, and packaging

Impact

Promotes value-addition to fruits and vegetable production