Proyecto de factibilidad para la creación de la empresa de producción y comercialización de hongos comestibles

Abstract

The feasibility project is about the creation of an edible mushroom production and marketing company. The marketing of mushrooms in the province and the city is scarce, which means that the demand for this product is not met. The objective of this article is to carry out a market study to carry out the economic-financial study through the budget and projections that determine profitability to be obtained through financial evaluation indicators to establish the creation of the edible mushroom company. The research used both a quantitative and qualitative methodology, instruments such as surveys were applied to the population where it was determined that there is not enough supply to cover the demand for edible mushrooms, causing them to have to look for suppliers from other sectors to supply and distribute to consumers, lack of knowledge in marketing, lack of administrative skills, disorganized project ideas, lack of information regarding market demand and supply , and poor decision making make ventures unsuitable. The proposal contemplates the creation of the company Fungí Natural Cía. Ltd. composed of three partners, with a payroll of five workers, each one must meet the position profile contemplated in the administrative study, the main installed capacity of the project is 14,850 kg, which are distributed in trays of 125g, 200g, 400g and 1000g. The project investment amounts to USD 93,741.42 and after calculating the costs, expenses and income, evaluation indicators were applied that determined that the Net Present Value (NPV) of USD 126,677.16, an Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of 49% considering a discount rate of 8.62%, an investment recovery period of 2 years and 1 month, and finally, a Cost-Benefit index of USD 1.35 being feasible and viable.