Mushroom Culture

Mushroom Production Project (Contd..)

B. Mushroom Production Project

Economics of Pady Straw mushroom production ( 5 kg /day /300 days )

S.No	Item	Quantity	Rate (Rs.)	Total (Rs.)
A.	Capital Investment
1.	Mushroom growing room (poly house )	1	7,500	7,500
2.	Cement tub	1	2,500	1,200
3.	Sprayer	1	500	500
4.	Wooden planks /cement platform for mushroom bed preparation	1	8,000	8,000
	Total			18,500
B.	Fixed Cost
1.	Interest on A @ 12%	-	-	2,220
2.	Depreciation (Item 1 @ 30% )			2,250
3.	Depreciation ( Item 2,3,4,5 & 6 @ 10% )			1,100
	Total			5,570
C.	Recurring Cost
1.	Paddy straw	10t	1,500/t	15,000
2.	Paddy straw spawn	1,800		27,000
3.	Horse gram powder	75 kg	15	1,875
4.	Polythene bags for mushroom packing	35	25	2,800
5.	Fungicides, fumigants & chemicals	-	80	2,500
6.	Labour 1 @ per day	300	-	15,000
7.	Others	-	50 / head	3,000
	Total			67,175

Cost of production / year

1. Working expenditure : 67,175
2. Interest and depreciation on fixed cost : 5,570
3. Total cost : 72,745

Income
1.By sale of 5 kg of mushrooms daily @ Rs. 65 per kg : 90,000
2.Cost of spent mushroom compost : 15,000
3.Total income : 1,02,000
4.Net income per year : 37,825