They used 1,000 mudas for the Shitake mushroom. Tamang said that they spent 700,000 rupees on 1,000 mudas at the rate of 700 rupees per muda.
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Jeet Bahadur Tamang of Nunthala, Diktel, Rupakot, Majhuwagadhi Municipality-13, has started earning a lot of income from mushroom farming. He started earning from mushroom farming last year, which he started three years ago.
According to Tamang, last year, he earned Rs 240,000 from selling sitake mushrooms at a rate of Rs 800 per kg. Last year, he earned this income from producing 300 kg of mushrooms. Tamang expects that this year's production will double compared to last year. He sells mushrooms in Diktel Bazaar and Kathmandu.
'I have been farming mushrooms for three years, and production has started last year,' Tamang said. 'Last year, when I sold 300 kg at a rate of Rs 800, I earned Rs 240,000, and this year I expect it to double.'
He has used one thousand mudas for sitake mushrooms. Tamang said that he spent seven lakhs on one thousand mudas at a rate of Rs 700 per muda. ‘At a rate of Rs 700 per mudha, 1,000 mudha cost Rs 700,’ said Tamang. ‘I have set a goal to increase the cost by this year, and from next year, I will have a clean income.’
Sitake mushrooms are cultivated on wooden mudha of Katus, Okhar, Uttis and other varieties. Apart from this, mushrooms of Kanne and Ganoderma varieties are also produced. Tamang said that they produce seeds along with mushrooms and supply them to other farmers. They are operating a lab for mushroom production. Tamang said that the provincial government spent Rs 1.3 million and he spent Rs 1.6 million for the mushroom resource center in the fiscal year 2079/80. Tamang said that he sells the seeds of Sitake mushrooms he produces for Rs 500 per mudha and Kanne mushrooms for Rs 80 per mudha. Tamang said that there is no demand for Ganoderma. He says that production will be done as soon as there is demand. Shitake mushroom seeds used to be imported from Japan, America, Canada, and China, but since last year, they have started producing them themselves in the village after receiving training. Tamang said that NARC in Khumaltar provided training for this last year. Farmers from Khotang, Ilam, Kathmandu, Rukum, Rolpa, Doti, and other places participated in the training. Tamang said that most of them have started producing mushroom seeds.
