Agroindustrial project analysi

CHECKLIST OF CRITICAL QUESTIONS 185[1 What trends are there toward opening up new land for planting?C How productive is the new land relative to the old?El To what extent have farmers shifted among crops?El How much shifting is agronomically feasible?[1 What are the nutritional consequences of crop shifts?n How much land or labor has urbanization or industrializationabsorbed?Ol What effect will land-reform programs have on the areaplanted?What is the crop yield?E How variable have yields been? why have they varied?El To what extent do farmers use agrochemicals?El To what extent do they use improved seed varieties?El What barriers (for example, credit, price, distribution) exist tothe increased usage of these inputs?El How can these barriers to usage be overcome?El Do the farmers know how to use these inputs?El Do they receive technical assistance? how much? of what kind?from whom?How profitable is the crop?El How profitable is the crop for the farmer?E How does that differ from returns on other crops?rEl What does it cost the farmer to produce the crop?E0 How does that differ from costs of other crops?EL How risky is the crop for the farmer?How sensitive is supply to production changes?l How would a chafige of 10 percent (or more) in area plantedaffect total supply?E1 What price incentive is required to increase acreage?El How would a change of 10 percent (or more) in yields affecttotal supply?El What would it cost to increase the yield?El What is the probability of increases in area or yield?Is the raw material a by-product of another agroindustry?El What is the supply of the primary product from which the byproductis derived?