SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PRODUCTION
Sun-dried fruit and vegetables for consumers and retailers
Market
| 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 |
Process
| 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 |
Business Linkage
| 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 |
Economic Features
| 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) |
Considerations
| 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 |
General Impact
| 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 |
Impact on Sub-market(s), Cluster(s) and Value Chain(s)
| 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 |
Studies
| Serial | File name | Download |
| 1 | UNIDO IGGE_VC Cluster Competitiveness & BOM |
