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    Estudio de factibilidad económica para la instalación de una planta procesadora de papa (Solanum tuberosum) mínimamente procesada para el Consorcio de Productores de papa CONPAPA – Tungurahua
    (Universidad Técnica de Ambato. Facultad de Ciencia e Ingeniería en Alimentos. Carrera de Ingeniería en Alimentos, ene-2015) Saragocin Tipanluisa, Cristian Giovanny; Ortiz Escobar, Jacqueline de las Mercedes
    CONPAPA, is a non-profit organization that has been supplying fresh potato in bulk (45Kg presentation) to fast food chains and restaurants, in an effort to diversify their product and generate added value in order to improve the profitability of the potato listing. This feasibility study is performed to offer their current clients refrigerated pealed/chopped stick-shaped potato in this market study we gathered that the producers have 3388 available quintals of the Fripapa variety in each farming cycle. Potatoes are classified by quality being these: first class (70 percent), second class (20 percent), third class (4 percent) and fourth class or rejection (4 percent).In field research we gathered that 55 percent of the organization’s clients would be willing to purchase the provided product, since there is not a significant change in terms of its sensorial attributes such as: smell, taste, color, texture, and presence of strange tastes in this potato(French type), according to experimental tests performed on clients. The product has a five-day lifespan in refrigeration. The efficiency of the process is 72,8 percent and retail price is 1,85 USD per Kilogram. The remaining 45 percent of clients prefers to keep consuming in-fresh potato because of limited refrigeration space. They wish to continue with their own work method. To fulfill the demand, we will work with the 80 percent of first class Fripapa variety, and with 20 percent of (non-commercial size) second class potato. This project is initially for CONPAPA clients since available raw material production does not supply a wider market. This economic feasibility study shows a value of return on investment (ROI) of 88,14 percent, a 2 year long capital recovery and a internal rate of return (IRR) of 94,56 percent which shows us this project can be profitable and economically feasible.