Project Report on MUSHROOM PRODUCTION PLANT
[CODE NO. 1709]
The use of the mushroom, that is the wild type found growing in pastures and upon lands where there is an abundance of decaying organic matter is very old. It was used by the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans in their artiquity and probably much earlier. It has been observed that uncivilized tribes at present eat the same class of fungi so there is no reason to doubt but that the same thing occurred with our early ancestors. The Greeks and Romans and those who followed had to depend upon such specimens as they could find as they recognized it as a plant without seed but knew of no means for its propagation. They observed that it was most abundant in pastures and along trade routes where animals were tethered or fed and believed it to be due to decomposition of animal or vegetable matter in the soil but that was the extent of their knowledge. "Horace", the poet, eulogized the fine qualities of the mushrooms just before the christian era. "Gibault" could find no record of the culture of the plant prior to the 17th century and cites "Oliver de Serres" 1600 as the first to refer to such a culture. It appears that the Persian market gardeners observed that mushrooms were most numerous in the fall in their melon patches where the land had been manured very heavily and decomposition not fully completed. Since the growths were spontaneous they made the deduction that by making deep beds or trenches filled with manure and covered with layer of soil they could be produced, but the reself of their efforts was that sometimes a crop of fungi was obtained but more often not. These beds were in the open. They had discovered only one factor, a definite relationship between decomposing organic matter and the appearance of the plant but not the other condition necessary to ensure a crop. They had at least progressed beyond the Englishman Johsi Evelyn, who declared "What they were substances put in the world by thunders of autumn".
COST ESTIMATION
Plant Capacity 1.00 MT./day
Land & Building (35ft. x 245ft) Rs.17.50 Lacs
Plant & Machinery Rs.1.10 Cr
W.C. for 3 Months Rs 77.58 Lacs
Total Capital Investment Rs.2.16 Cr
Rate of Return 40%
Break Even Point 53%
INTRODUCTION
USES AND APPLICATIONS
PROPERTIES
CHARACTERISTICS AND CONDITIONS OF MANURE FOR MUSHROOM
B.I.S. SPECIFICATIONS
MARKET POSITION
PRESENT MANUFACTURERS/SUPPLIERS/EXPORTERS
EXPORT MARKET FOR MUSHROOMS
EXPORTERS, BUYERS OF BUTTON MUSHROOMS
NATURAL COMPOST
METHOD OF MUSHROOMS GROWING
METHOD OF MUSHROOM SPAWN PRODUCTION
PREPARATION OF COMMERCIAL SPAWN
FORMULATIONS
DISEASES AND PESTS OF MUSHROOM
PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM OF GROWING & PROCESSING OF MUSHROOMS
FLOW DIAGRAM OF PROCESSING OF MUSHROOM
SUPPLIERS OF RAW MATERIALS
SUPPLIERS OF PLANT AND MACHINERY
APPENDIX –A
01. PLANT ECONOMICS
02. LAND & BUILDING
03. PLANT AND MACHINERY
04. OTHER FIXED ASSESTS
05. FIXED CAPITAL
06. RAW MATERIAL
07. SALARY AND WAGES
08. UTILITIES AND OVERHEADS
09. TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL
10. TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT
11. COST OF PRODUCTION
12. TURN OVER/ANNUM
13. BREAK EVEN POINT
14. RESOURCES FOR FINANCE
15. INSTALMENT PAYABLE IN 5 YEARS
16. DEPRECIATION CHART FOR 5 YEARS
17. PROFIT ANALYSIS FOR 5 YEARS
18. PROJECTED BALANCE SHEET FOR (5 YEARS)
