Estudio de factibilidad para la implementación de una planta de producción de un plaguicida biodegradable de baja toxicidad en base a la rotenona de barbasco Lonchocarpus utilis, en la provincia de Tungurahua

Abstract

The growing demand for food has forced farmers to abuse pesticides in an attempt to safeguard their products. thus generating negative health effects from direct and indirect exposure; in response to this problem, a feasibility study was carried out in the province of Tungurahua for the development and implementation of a plant for the production of a low toxicity biodegradable pesticide based on the rotenone of the barbasco (Lonchocarpus utilis), in the Tungurahua province. The study in the province of Tungurahua was based on analysis of: market, technical and financial. In the market study was defined, by a survey applied to farmers in the cantons of Mocha, Cevallos, Tisaleo and Quero, the potential, the degree of acceptance, the unsatisfied demand and the existing supply. The technical study determined the location, distribution, cost estimates (labor, machinery, equipment, packaging and labeling), according to the needs. We targeted 10 percent of the unsatisfied demand, thus covering a daily demand of 763 units. The economic study revealed an Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of 162.2 percent, a Net Present Value (NPV) of 314,854.00 dollars with a break-even point (EP) of 75,882.00 dollars equivalent to 5,913 units of product. The cost-benefit ratio of 2.24 dollars indicates that the initial investment would be recovered in 7 months and 24 days, making clear the profitability of the project.