Feasibility of a Micro-Enterprise Of Support Services To Small Producers of Nut Pecan

Abstract

In our region there is not a company that collect, cleans, and selection nut-pecan to small producers of nut pecan with specialized machinery. These services allow producers to get a better price for their product, thus achieving one greater profit when selling her nut. For this reason, it was decided to analyze the feasibility of starting up a company of services of clean, collection, selection of walnut with the use of specialized machinery, which will give the producer competitive advantages. Led market research in order to meet preferences of producers and data related to the realization and implementation underway of the company. The evaluation of the project was to evaluate the feasibility, taking into account that the cost of the project is $866,199.84, which has a 5-year horizon. Evaluation of the internal rate of return (IRR) prompt us resulted 27.76%, the indicator of the net present value (VAN) gave us as a result $88,460. Both indicators show that the project is viable from the economic and financial point of view. From the point of view of the market, 86% of respondents, producing up to 5 Walnut ha, expressed acceptance to use the service of the company.