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Solar powered pest control for agriculture

Opportunity Description: Powered pest control for farms has the advantage of ever-decreasing payback period due to increase of electricity prices
PRODUCT: PV powered pest control system
Sector: Renewable Energy, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Processing
Market: Farms
Initial Investment Required: Less than 150,000 EGP, mainly working capital
Details Available:
Market Potential: Sold to Farmers in Luxor/Qena, rest of Upper Egypt/the Red Sea and in the Delta. Competing products include various pest control alternatives.
Supply: Bought from Electric equipment suppliers in the Delta and the Red Sea. The required inputs include electric equipment and components.
Process: System integration
Human Resources: Manual labor, Technical labor, Engineers
Financial: CAPEX is less than 150,000 EGP, mainly working capital.
OPEX is between 150,000 and 500,000 EGP, mainly salaries and maintenance.
Risk: Convincing clients with a relatively new product.
IMPACT: Environmental impact: CO2 emission reduction and substitute of chemical pest
control.
Social impact: Cheaper and more pest control.