Mushroom Culture

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Cost Analysis for Mushroom Cultivation

Mushroom growing is a highly profitable activity and can be taken up on a smaller or larger scale depending upon the capacity of an individual or organization. The spawn production, compost preparation and mushroom cropping are the components of mushroom farming which yield significant profit. The economics of commonly cultivated mushrooms is given as under :

A. Spawn Production Project

Economic of spawn production (100 spawn bags per day)

S.No	Item	Quantity	Rate(Rs.)	Total(Rs.)
A.	Capital Investment
1.	Autoclave	2	20,000	40,000
2.	Boiler ( GI drum 100 lit. Capacity )	2	2,000	4,000
3.	Culture room with work table	1	10,000	10,000
4.	UV lamp with fittings	1	1500	1500
5.	Tube light fittings	1	200	200
6.	Advance for LPG gas	2	2,000	4,000
7.	Spawn storage room	1	20,000	20,000
8.	Bunsen burner	1	150	150
9	Heat efficient chulah	1	600	600
	Total			80,450
B.	Fixed Cost
1.	Interest on capital investment @ 12%			9,654
2.	Depreciation (Item 3 &7 @ 5%)			1,500
3.	Depreciation ( Item 1, 2, 4, 5, 8&9 @10% )			4,645
	Total			15,799
C.	Recurring cost (100 spawn x 300 days)
1.	Polypropylene (3%damage)	160 kg	80	12,800
2.	Cholam grain (3%damage)	9,300 kg	7	65,100
3.	Calcium carbonate (commercial grade)	185 kg	17	3,145
4.	Non- Absorbent Cotton ( 400 g Rolls )	775	60	46,500
5.	Fungicides & fumigants	-	-	1,000
6.	Electricity &fuel	-	-	25,000
7.	Labour @ 2 men per day for 300 days	600	50/heads	30,000
8.	Sundry items	-	-	2,000
9.	Glasswares and chemicals	-	-	5,000
10.	Miscellaneous	-	-	2,000
	Total			1,92,545

Cost of production / Year:

1.	Working expenditure	1,92,545
2.	Interest and depreciation on fixed cost	15,799
3.	Total Cost	2,08,344
Income
1.	By sale of 30,000 spawn @ RS. 12per bag	3,60,000
2.	Total income	2,08,344
3.	Net income per year	1,51,656