Integro-SD Company (ISD) implements own patented technology of animal waste processing (incl. chicken manure) into high-demand quality organic fertilizers. ISD doesn’t use herbage, biological and chemical catalysts in IMBIO technology. Increasing demand for organic fertilizers tells about the necessity of ramping up its production. IMBIO technology allows occupying empty market niche of high-quality organic fertilizers production in the segment of small and medium farm enterprises. The offered technology is highly-productive, waste-free, compact, easy to scale, non-hazardous for the environment and also has low construction budget. IMBIO allows reducing or totally refusing the usage of mineral fertilizers, increasing the yield of cultivated crops, getting added value by waste processing, organic products and new small-scale production, as well as creating closed production cycle for small farm enterprises, poultry plants and other representatives of the branch.
IMBIO technology cares about not only agriculture but environment that increases the living conditions near animal farms.
Overall objectives of the Phase 1:
• Investigate in details the market of small poultry farms in Europe (in specific Cyprus, Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal)
• Investigate environmental problems and the extent of environmental pollution by poultry waste
• Investigate the issue of organic fertilizers application by farm enterprises in Europe
• Identify and initiate cooperation with environment and poultry organization in the introduction markets
• Emphasize the competitive advantages of our product comparing to existing at the market
• Identify and initiate cooperation with distributors in Europe
• Develop the business-plan of company’s short- and long-term development including market entry strategy
• Innovation project (phase 2) planning
As the result of detailed market investigation the following conclusions were made:
• Small poultry farms are looking for solutions that can increase their economic efficiency and give additional value from waste.
• Animal waste (incl. chicken manure) are mostly processed in aerobic conditions or even applied directly to the fields that causes pollution of the soil with harmful bacterias and ground water with nitrogen (ammonia).
• There is the rising trend of organic fertilizers application and organic agriculture in general within the EU.
• Comparison of main characteristics of IMBIO fertilizer with competitors exisitng on the European market shows the advantages of IMBIO fertilizer (especially quality, potential influence on harvest, efficiency, lower price)
• Existing methods of animal waste processing are not aimed at maximum preservation of nutrients and organic matter in output product
• There are no offers for small and medium farmers for efficient treatment of animal waste that can bring additional value.
• The freedom-to-operate of IMBIO technology was confirmed.
• Farmers in target countries expressed interest in testing IMBIO fertilizer on the cultivated crops.
• The IMBIO project has a high market potential and is ready for further development (SME Instrument Phase 2)
