Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
• Marketing Plan
• Production Plan
• Financial Statements
Important Interactions
• First year
• Five year
• Sensitivity Analysis
What is a Production Plan
• Broodstock Maintenance
• Breeding
• Egg Hatching
• Sex Reversal
• Nursery
• Growout
Research the Biological
Requirements
• What are the Biological requirements for
the species you plan to culture
• The biological requirements may vary
significantly, depending on the production
phase.
Select Production Technology
Example:
Assume the length of the production cycle is 168 days.
How many production units would be necessary to
permit weekly harvests?
168 days = 24/4 tanks = 6 systems
7 days
Identify Capital Requirements
Example:
• Example:
Production/system/crop = 540 kg
• Example:
= 5,754 kg feed
Calculation of Electrical
Requirements
• List each piece of electrical equipment with power
requirements (hp rating of the motor)
• Convert horsepower to kilowats (use 1 hp=1kw)
• Calculate number of hours of operation of each piece of
equipment per year Multiply kilowatts by annual hours of
operation to obtain kW-hrs/year.
• Sum kW-hrs/year for all pieces of equipment.
Electrical Cost Calculation
• Meter reading - Raw data
Case
Securing financing
Planning for success
Purpose
• 1. Secure financing and investment
– Banks – unlikely
– Government grants – none
– Private equity - yes
– Personal collateral – yes
– Sweat equity - yes
• 2. Establish a plan for success
• 3. Determine The potential for success
Determine the Potential for
Success
• BOE calculations
• Can the project generate a profit and a
positive cash flow
• Being realistic
• You do not make money growing fish, you
make money selling fish
Cash Flow
• 1. Current assets
• 2. Liabilities
• 3. Financial ratios
• 4. Analysis of potential for repayment
Using the Statements
• Organization Chart
• Resumes of key personnel
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