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Plan Establishment for Button Mushroom Cultivation

Plan establishment for the button mushroom developing project on a bed of mushroom compost at the rate of about 10 kg to 650 beds at the rate of a production
cycle, four times per year on the basis of the intention of producing material in practice.
S.No. Required substance Scale Price(Rs.) Total price(Rs.)
A.Permanent Expense
1. Cement floor to produce of Mushroom compost(12 1 100/Sq.m. 10,800
m x 9 m)scale
2. Steam room to help produce of Mushroom compost 1 1,50,000 1,50,000
3. Spreading room of fungus and Mushroom room(4.2 6 25,000 25,000
m x4.5x 3 m) scale
4. Steam room to help produce of topical mixture 1 10000 10000
5. Small Steam boilers and connections - 25,000 25,000
6. Cooling Equipments 6 20,000 20,000
7. Water tank and sprayers - - 50,000
8. Seed production room and office room 1 1,50,000 1,50,000
9. Helping equipments to Organizing and turning of - 50,000 50,000
compost heap
B.Interest of Permanent investment @ 15% - - 1,07,370
1. Depreciation @ 10% (S.no.1,2,3,7 &9) - - 56,080
2. Depreciation @ 30% (S.no.4,5 & 6) - - 51,150
Total - - 2,14,600
C.Recurrent costs
1. Cost for the production of compost 25 tons - 30,000
2. Insects , fungus killers - - 5,000
3. Seed bags 1200 10 12000
4. Selling cost - - 10000
5. Coolies 2 no’s per day 730 40 29,200
6. Current and firewood expense - - 50,000
7. Other expenses - - 10,000
Total 1,46,200
D.Production cost
1. Recurrent costs 1,46,200
2. Interest of Permanent investment and depreciation 2,14,600
3. Total cost 3,60,800
E.Income
1. 8,750 Kilogram Mushroom per year, Rs.70 / per 6,12,500
Kilogram(from 25 tons compost 30 % yield capacity
scale)
2. Total Production cost 3,60,800
Net profit(per year) 2,51,700

Sources
Book: Manjit singh et.al.,(2011). Mushrooms-Cultivation, Marketing and Consumption.

Updated on Dec 2013

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