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Mexico is the main producer of fresh nopal for human consumption
Problem
Food waste
Waste
Every year in our country 20.4 million tons of consumable food is thrown away.
Every minute that passes in Mexico, 38,000 Kg of food are thrown away.
20% of nopal production in Milpa Alta
Milpa Alta
Agricultural community of Mexico City with the largest number of indigenous population.
Dedicated to agriculture, mostly women.
Due to unfair prices and market uncertainty, there is a growing abandonment of the field.
Community
Plastic Contamination
Enviroment
Every year 3 million tons of plastic are dumped into the oceans
200 plastic bags per person per year are used and take about 400 years to degrade.
Team
Linda Cruz
Alba Linda Cruz
Originally from Milpa Alta
Law student
Liaison with the Milpa Alta community
Nopal producer
Pablo A. Méndez
Medical student at the Faculty of Medicine and in biotechnology engineering
Researcher in bioplastic innovation and ends for health
Ricardo Hernández
Master's student in chemical sciences at the Institute of Chemistry
Bioplastic innovation researcher
Solution
ODS 2030
Topic
In Milpa Alta 50 thousand inhabitants live in poverty
In fact, 6 thousand inhabitants in extreme poverty
Topic
Studies by Dra. Nimbe Torres have established the effect on prevention and control of Diabetes in patients who consume nopal on a regular basis.
Topic
Business model
Cultivation of nopal in México
Cultivation
12 thousand hectares of nopal are cultivated.
In Milpa Alta 4,500 hectares
Harvest
825 thousand tons of nopal are harvested annually.
Each hectare produces 45 to 60 tons of nopal annually.
Processing
Raw material transportation
Washed and disinfected
Chopped
Dehydration and / or Cooking
Kneaded
The WHO recommends consuming 25 grams of dietary fiber a day to consider a healthy diet.
In just 134 grams of nopal, the equivalent of 2 nopal contains 22 Kcal and 3.2 grams of fiber, which is 10% of the recommended amount.
Products
Polymerization
Biogas
Waste
Compostable
Fertilizer
Scalability
Client
Prize
Marketing 100,000 Research 150,000
Transport 50,000
Infrastructure 300,000
Operating expenses 150,000
Adm. expenses 200,000
Product
Unit cost
Production cost - 1.1 USD
Cost to the public - 2.5 USD
Competition cost - 5.5 USD
Profits - 2.4 USD