WASTE MANAGEMENT
Sugarcane straw collection and baling service
Market
| Final Products | Straw bale |
| Required Inputs | Sugarcane straw (could include mixes of other types of agricultural waste) |
| Competing Products | Low competition Un-baled bundles of straw of mixed agricultural waste |
| Potential for Export | Low |
Process
| Complexity – Type of Process |
Simple – mechanical process |
| Technology | Collection and baling |
| Equipment and Material | Collector, shredding and baling |
| Human Resources | Manual labor, agriculture engineers and sales managers |
Business Linkage
| Forward Linkage | Recyclers |
| Local/Regional/Nationwide | Local market - nationwide |
| Backward Linkage | Farmers |
| Supporting Entities | Equipment suppliers and marketing services companies |
| Competitive Edge |
Ease of transportation, lower cost, and more ready-to-use compared to lose straw |
Economic Features
| Revenue Stream | Sales of baled straws and service fees |
| CAPEX | Consists of the cost of machinery which would cost around 4.7M EGP Note: This CAPEX represents the indicative investment size, however, this investment opportunity can grow in implementation to a larger-sized investment. |
| Investment Size | Small (between 500k-5M EGP) |
Considerations
| Key Challenge | Seasonality of supply and supply chain management, absence of dedicated land for agricultural waste pre-processing, access to high-quality suppliers and transportation cost |
| Advantages | High profit margins, fills gaps within sugarcane cluster |
| Potential Pathways to Growth | Production of feedstock/final product e.g., straw powder, compost, value-added chemicals/feedstock/composite products, alternative fuels, wood, bricks, packaging |
General Impact
| Environmental | Eco-friendly use of agricultural waste |
| Social | Increases returns on agricultural waste and added value to sugarcane straw, creates job opportunities for unskilled labor |
Impact on Sub-market(s), Cluster(s) and Value Chain(s)
| Relevant sub-market | Compost and animal feed |
| Serving the following value chain/cluster(s) | Sugarcane and agricultural waste |
| Impact |
Fills gaps in pre-processing activities of agricultural waste, promotes value-addition to sugarcane straw |
Studies
| Serial | File name | Download |
| 1 | UNIDO IGGE_VC Cluster Competitiveness & BOM |
