STRENGTHS
Highly Experienced Owner-Operator
Limited Competition in the New York Area
Very high gross margins
Ability to sell products online
Highly visible website
Limited start up risk
OPPORTUNITIES
Continued expansion for online sales
Ability to develop additional stores
Acquisition of additional rounds of capital
Openness to foreign investment
High yield potential due to geographical
factors
Low to moderate price of farmland
WEAKNESSES
Competitors can offer similar products quickly
Limited start up costs
High transporation costs Limited flexibility in
pncing
land fragmentation
The lack of a national insurance organized
irrigation water
The lack of a strong agricultural exchange
Threats
Changes run regulations can impact the
business Products are already sole by major
competitors Insurance costs are continually
increasing Increases in pine inputs Can cause
upward pacing
Drought and lack of irrigation facilities
Decapitalisation small and medium farmers
after two years of drought (in the west and
southwest)
Decreasing the the market, caused by the
adjacent markets of the Black Sea (Russia /
 Ukraine)

I have made a decision to put more research into the bugs and diseases that
could affect the trees, into the design. Although theres lots of strengths and
opportunities the threats are significant because they could take out entire trees /
harvests.
The Orchard has some expensive products and some consumers cannot afford them in
this economic climate.
They may need to raise capital for expansion but may not be able to due to the
current economic downturn. In Republic of Moldova we have land fragmentation The
lack of a national insurance organized irrigation water The lack of a strong agricultural
exchange The lack of a national strategy at the bank on agricultural lending Lack of
consistency and continuity at the level of national agricultural policy That is why I
think for he orchard I need a lot of money , and to grow apples in Moldova we need
intensive agriculture . Also a good decision for the intensive agriculture is to obtain a
foreign investor, because

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