Date palms trimming

Opportunity Description: Date palms trimming service which is in high demand
PRODUCT: Trimming service (rent)
Sector: Sustainable Agriculture and Food Processing
Market: Date farms
Initial Investment Required: Less than 150,000 EGP
Details Available:
Market Potential: Sold to date palm farmers in Luxor/Qena, rest of Upper Egypt and the Red Sea and Delta. Competing products include traditional trimming.
Supply: Tools (trimmers) from suppliers in Luxor/Qena, rest of Upper Egypt and the Red Sea and Delta. Competing products include traditional trimming.
Process: Design and manufacturing and trimming
Human Resources: Manual labour
Financial: CAPEX is less than 150,000 EGP
OPEX is less than 150,000 EGP
Risk: Access to trained labour for scaling up
IMPACT: Environmental: Increase quality of dates production
Social: Increase productivity and decrease costs of agriculture
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