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Sugar cane straw to animal feed for livestock farmers

Opportunity Description: Sugar cane straw to animal feed for livestock farmers, using simple processing, taking advantage of abundance of raw material
PRODUCT: Animal Feed
Sector: Waste Management
Market: Livestock farmers
Initial Investment Required: Below 150,000 EGP
Details Available: Livestock farmers
Market Potential: Livestock farmers in Luxor/Qena, Lower, Middle and Upper Egypt and Red Sea. Competing products include processed animal feed.
Supply: Farmers in Luxor/Qena, rest of Upper Egypt and the Red Sea, and in the Delta. Required inputs sugarcane straw.
Process: Collecting -> shredding -> pressing -> packing.
Human Resources: Manual labour
Financial: CAPEX is Below 150,000 EGP
OPEX is Below 150,000 EGP
Risk: Seasonality of supply, managing supply chain.
IMPACT: Environmentally friendly use of waste.
Increase return on agriculture produce, lower costs of meat production.