Dacusnex Combi shows better performance and total control of the pest by focusing on both male and female. The novelty against othermarket options (both chemical pesticides and other biocontrol solutions) is based on its improved performance (against other biocontrol solutions), the absence of health and environmental risks and lower costs (against chemical pesticides) and the reliability of the control performance over the time (against both: chemical and biocontrol solutions). These advantages are based on the product features:
- The pheromone to attract olive fly males is applied with a special dispenser developed and patented by ECONEX, which assures a 90 days efficient protection time regardless climate conditions. It avoids the problem of some treatments that cannot assure this feature, which leads to over-treatment of the cultivation or to risks for the production (as stated before, the damage threshold is really low).
- The trap used for females (also males are attracted) is specific for the olive fly, not affecting to other beneficial secondary fauna, improving this way the performance offered by other traps.
All features are included in a single product, being the ease of management and application a distinctive characteristic. In addition to this, the reliability on the protection time helps farmers to plan and manage their cultivation tasks.
- The price is lower than other solutions, achieving a whole year protection with less than100 €/ha (48 €/ha average cost of a single application).
- There is no interaction with the olive fruit, so there is no residues and no health problems. On the other hand is 100% environmentally-friendly and there is not development of resistance-related problems.
Regarding the impact, olive cultures are suitable for semiarid and arid areas, becoming a key economic activity in rural areas and a valuable option to support rural development. As it is highly dependant on rain, revenues can be quite variable (being this issue increased due to climatic change forecasts). This means that the assurance of an effective pest control and the reductions on its costs are essential for the success of the culture. Both issues are supported by Dacusnex, which is cheaper than other options, simple to use and very effective. It is at least 30% cheaper than the next competitive option in terms of costs. On the other hand, the provision of effective bio-products for pest control increases the safety and health of food.
The socioeconomic assessment shows a very positive impact of the project as it implies the creation of 58 jobs in the different countries where the company is focusing.
The commercial plan sets a series of sale goals consisting of 740,275 € (2,03 % penetration) for the first year, 1,799,852 € (4,93 % penetration) for the second one, 2,550,334 € (6,99 % penetration) for the third, and 3,635,426 € (9,96 % penetration) for the fourth year.
The financial plan foresees a negative EBITDA generated of 51,683 € for the first year and a positive one of 178,146 € (second year), 365,956 € (third year) and 668,569 € for the fourth year.
