the survey was done to determine the finance needed to established medium level mushroom farm(oyster)

1. Prepared By:
Santosh Pathak, IAAS Lamjung campus

2. Introduction
HVC Crop (high rate of return than Cereals/ some other
cash crops)
Wide range of benefit: Economic, Nutritive, Medicinal,
Environmental
Less investment: Quite Profitable
Income Opportunity: small land holders, DAGs, Women

3. Why Budget Estimation??
Gives a fair idea of how much money you have &
investment amount
Firm commitment
Scope & extent of what need to be done
Avoid the problem of cost/budget overrun

4. Economic Consideration
Initial
investment
Earning
rate
Return
over
investment

5. Production cost
estimation

6. Tunnel structure
Fig. front (entrance) view Fig. length wise view
GL

7. Particular
Cost details
Unit Quantity Rate Amount (NRs.)
1 Farm building/ ware house Number 1 15000 15000
2 Water tank and pumping system Number 1 15,000/5 3000
3 Land rent Rs per kattha 2 2000 4000
4 Chaff cutter Pieces 1 30000/10 3000
5 Tunnel Plastic sheet Kg 20 260 5200/2=2600
6 Tripal Piece 3 1000 3000/2=1500
7 Sprayer Pieces (l5Ltrs) 1 2000 2000/2=1000
8 Drum Piece 3 1000 3000/2=1500
Total 31,600/-

8. B. Variable costs Unit Quantity Rate Amount (NRs.)
1 Bamboo Piece 8*10 200+ 16000/2(life
time)=8000
2 Mushroom Spawn Packet (250gm) 1450 50 72500
3 Rice straw Tractor 2 15000 30000
4 Packing plastics Kg 36 280 10080
5 Jute Pieces 400 35 14000
6 Rope (Small hanging rope) Kg 5 200 1000
7 Binding wire Kg 1* 10 180 1800
8 Fuel (timber) Bhari 140 250 35000
9 Alcohol/Spirit Ltr 10 80 800
10 Formalin Ltr 2 120 240
11 Lime Kg 10 30 300
12 Management cost (Communication +
Transportation)
3500
13 Electricity charges KWh 500 9 4500
Total 1,81,720/-

9. Labour cost
1 Straw cutting + (washing/ cleaning + drying) Man days 8+10 500 9000
2 Tunnel preparation (Bamboo cutting + bringing +
plastic covering + jute covering side wise)
Man days 4X10=
40
500 20000
3 Straw filling Man days 50 500 25000
4 Harvesting + Packing+ Sanitation + Watering Man days 200 500 10000
5 Salary (Manager) Person 1 15000
month-
1
180000
Total 2,44,000/

10. S.
N
Particulars Unit Quantity Rate Amount
1 Total production packet (loss~10%) Packets 1450-145
2 Production (About 40% production of
its weight) of one pocket is assumed
as 12 kg )
kg 1305X12X4
0%=6264
200
(averag
e)
12,52,800/-
3 By product (compost) Tractor ½ 4000 2000/-

11. Particulars Amount (NRs.)
Total cost 4,57,320/-
Total return 12,54,800/-
Benefit over cost 7,97,480/-

12. B/C ratio:
=Benefit (797480)/Cost (457320)
=1.74

13. • Total cost of
production:
NRs. 457320
Total yield:
6264 kg
• NRs.
457320/6264
• = NRs. 77/-
Cost per unit
(kg)
production

14. • Total return:
NRs.
1254800/-
Total yield:
6264 kg
• NRs.
1254800/6264
• = NRs. 200/-
Return per unit
(kg)

15. Net benefit from single unit (kg)
Return:
200/-
Cost:
77/-
Net
benefit:
123/-

16. Acknowledgements
- Mr. Ram Kumar Shrestha
Asst. Professor, Department of Plant
Protection, IAAS, Lamjung
- Group Members and helping hands….

17. Wel-come