Agroindustrial project analysi

AN OVERVIEW 21that warrant further attention. In addition, information on thecommodity system would lower the costs preceding the feasibilitystudy for those commodity projects because the data are commonto all project analyses, making it practicable to examine smallprojects. The subsector profiles provide the development plannerwith the information to consider a strategy for all sectors.Marketing studies of an industry can also be viewed as a capitalinvestment in information. Such studies could assess volume, prices,standards, and competition on domestic and export markets forselected products that are judged to have high market potentialbecause of existing market needs or emerging demand trends. Althoughstudies of this kind are often too costly for individualproject proponents, they are more feasible when conducted formultiple projects.PROJECT ANALYSIS AND DESIGN. Project proposals that survive theinitial screening must be examined more closely for their operational,financial, economic, and social feasibility and desirability.The analyst should attempt to redesign the project to overcomeweaknesses in the proposal. This will be discussed in subsequentchapters.IMPLEMENTATION. The leap from proposal on paper to project operationis often a long and precarious one. The task of the analystis to increase the probability of a successful transit by paying adequateattention to critical managerial factors during the projectappraisal. The focus of this study's analytical framework on themarketing, procurement, and processing activities of an agroindustrialproject attempts to clarify these managerial factors.EVALUATION. Once a project has begun, a project analyst is responsiblefor monitoring its progress to locate and remedy deviationsfrom projected performance. Such evaluation should followindicators of financial and economic performance. Poor performanceis caused by problems in the original project design, changesin the external environment, or weaknesses in operations management.The supervising analyst should identify the causes of thesubstandard performance, determine to what extent they can becontrolled, and suggest corrective measures. This evaluation is vitalto the streamlining of a project's design and its ultimate success.When possible, the analyst who evaluated the project design