Annex 1. Layout of mushroom cultivation center
Annex 2. Buildings and equipment for training center
Annex 3. Preliminary questionnaire including selection criteria
Annex 4. Cost estimate for mushroom bag production
Annex 5. Justification for cost calculations
Quantity |
Building & Equipment |
Detailed description |
1 |
Spawn bagging & Inoculation building |
Approximately 7 x 11 meter with concrete floor and roofing.
Store room 2.5 x 3 m. Inoculation room 3 m x 4 m and concrete walls. |
1 |
Spawn production building |
To develop spawn under clean environment. Approximately 138
s.qm. |
2 |
Incubation houses |
Approximately 60 sq.m. each house. Each house can hold up to
5000 bags. Hard floor or concrete, iron or wood with bamboo structure, 2 layer
(Lamperate cylindrical) grass roof, saland wall, iron racks or wood with bamboo
racks, trolley and wheelchair aisles at least 1.20 m. wide. |
6 |
Fruiting body houses |
Approximately 60 sqm. Each building can hold 5000 bags. Hard
floor or concrete, iron or wood with bamboo structure. 2 layers (Lamperata
cylindrical) grass roof, saland wall, iron racks or wood with bamboo racks,
trolley and wheelchair aisles at least 1.20 m wide. |
2-3 |
Small country-style mushroom houses |
As demonstration units |
1 |
Multi-purpose building |
Classroom Trainers office Processing of mushrooms Sales
of processed products Storage of raw material |
2 |
Pasteurization chambers |
1 steam system (500 bags) with thermometer 1
country-style system (500 bags) |
2 |
Autoclave (pressure steam sterilizer) |
30 bottles and 120 bottles capacity for multiplication of
spawn on sorghum seeds. |
1 |
Steam Boiler system |
Using mainly green fuel |
3 |
Gas burners with gas tank and aid or accessories |
For pasteurization |
12 |
Alcohol lamps |
For sterilization during inoculation |
12 |
Needles |
For tissue culture |
40 |
Iron racks for mushroom bags |
To transport mushrooms |
1 |
Water retention basin |
10 X 20 X 4 meter |
1 |
Electric dryer (optional) |
Capacity 15 trays, each tray 0.98 sqm.(Optional) |
1 |
Solar dryer (optional) |
Capacity 15 kg fresh mushroom (Optional) |
1 |
Substrate Mixer |
50 - 75 Kg Recommended. Mixing can also be done manually.
|
2 |
Laminar flow inoculation |
With hepa filter 1cuft |
2 |
Press and drill a hole in substrate bag machine |
One using handle and the other use delay and motor. Bags can
also be made by hand but with machine, there is higher production and better
quality bags. It further helps people with disabilities. |
4 |
Trolleys |
3 wheels manually powered |
Set |
Water supply |
Mushroom bags need to be watered regularly. Automatic
sprinkling systems will ensure regularity. |
Set |
Electrical supplies |
Post meters, control boxes, light bulbs... |
2 |
Plastic bag sealing machine (optional) |
For packaging |
5 |
Weighing machine |
2 sets for 500 gm, 2 sets 1 kg, 1 set 100 kg |
Set |
Glassware |
For Spawning |
Set |
Kitchenware and equipment |
For processing |
|
Glucose, gelatin, alcohol, dettol, plastic |
Various |
1.5 tons |
Plastic bags |
For substrate bags |
2-15 ten wheel Trucks |
Sawdust |
For substrate 2 - 15 ten wheel trucks |
200,000 |
Plastic necks |
For substrate bags |
|
Cotton plugs |
For plugging bottles and bags |
|
Rubber bands |
For closing bags |
|
Magnesium sulfate, Calcium sulfate, Calcium carbonate, pumice,
Rice bran |
For substrate |
3 |
Computer set with printer |
To keep clear records and prepare training |
1 |
Telephone line |
For business |
Several |
Tables and chairs |
For training |
1 |
Television |
For training |
1 |
Slide projector with screen |
For training |
2 |
Megaphone |
For training |
Several |
Kitchen utensils |
For processing |
Lots |
Raw material for training |
Sawdust, plastic necks, etc. (see mushroom bags substrate
ingredients |
No |
|
||||||
Day |
Month |
Year |
Paste |
||||
|
Picture here |
||||||
PERSONAL HISTORY AND EDUCATION |
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Name (Mr., Ms, title) |
Family name |
||||||
Age |
Date/month/year of birth |
||||||
Nationality |
Religion |
||||||
Education |
Year finished education |
||||||
Name of school |
|||||||
Special ability |
Occupation |
||||||
Address No. Street |
Village |
||||||
Subdistrict/district |
Province |
||||||
Marital status |
If married, name of spouse |
||||||
Spouse age, |
Spouse occupation |
||||||
Income Candidate |
Income spouse |
||||||
Number of children |
|
||||||
|
Who takes care of the children? |
||||||
FAMILY HISTORY |
|||||||
Fathers given name |
Fathers family name |
||||||
Age |
Alive or deceased |
||||||
Occupation |
Income (per day/per month/per year) |
||||||
Mothers given name |
Mothers family name |
||||||
Age |
Alive or deceased |
||||||
Occupation |
Income (per day/per month/per year) |
||||||
Status of marriage of parents |
New marriage |
||||||
|
|||||||
How many brothers and sisters (grand father, grand mother on
each side of the family, and other relatives) |
|||||||
Name |
Brothers and sisters |
Age |
Occupation |
||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
HISTORY OF DISABILITY |
|||||||
What is your disability? |
Cause? |
||||||
Since when? |
Where did you receive rehabilitation? |
||||||
|
|
||||||
What is the ability of the body at the moment of the
interview? |
|||||||
How are the eyes used, how does the candidate drink... use
his/her hands? |
|||||||
Left handed or right handed |
What is the weight candidate can lift |
||||||
Can stand or not? |
How long? |
||||||
Can walk or not? |
How far? |
Use of prosthesis/orthesis/wheelchair. |
|||||
Can sit or not? |
If yes how long? |
||||||
In case lower part has no feeling, can he/she control bladder
and bowel movements? |
|||||||
HISTORY OF WORK |
|||||||
What is the last occupation? |
Position? |
||||||
Where is location of work? |
Salary |
||||||
When did candidate stop working in this occupation? |
Reason for leaving? |
||||||
INFORMATION ON TRAINING |
|||||||
Where did you learn about training? Why join the
training? |
|||||||
Where did you apply? |
When did you apply? |
||||||
Do you know when the training will start? |
Are you available during that time? |
||||||
What does your family say about training? |
|||||||
What does your community say about training? |
|||||||
Do you wish to set-up a mushroom farm after
training? |
What would be your preferred occupation? |
||||||
STATUS OF HOUSE AND LAND |
|||||||
What are your family duties? |
|||||||
What is your financial situation? Do you have any
debts? |
|||||||
Can you travel by yourself? |
|||||||
Do you own land? |
Size of land? |
||||||
Can the land be used to cultivate mushrooms following
training? |
Space available for mushrooms farm? |
||||||
COMMENTS OF INTERVIEWER |
|||||||
|
|||||||
|
|||||||
|
|||||||
|
|||||||
|
|||||||
|
|||||||
|
|||||||
|
FOLLOWING MR. SATIT'S RECOMMENDATIONS
COSTS CALCULATED AS OF FEBRUARY 2000
|
DESCRIPTION |
AMOUNT in Baht |
1 |
Sawdust |
0.76 |
2 |
PP Bags |
0.24 |
3 |
Rice bran |
0.23 |
4 |
Gypsum |
0.06 |
5 |
Lime stone |
0.03 |
6 |
Magnesium sulfate |
0.02 |
7 |
Spawn |
0.16 |
8 |
Plastic neck |
0.14 |
9 |
Fuel |
0.26 |
10 |
Cotton |
0.01 |
11 |
Rubber band |
0.02 |
12 |
Alcohol |
0.04 |
|
Total material |
1.97 |
|
Labor for making bags |
0.30 |
|
Total |
2.27 |
|
Other labor costs |
|
|
for pasteurization |
0.07 |
|
for inoculation |
0.05 |
|
for transportation on the farm |
0.03 |
|
for incubation |
0.10 |
|
Total for labor |
0.25 |
|
Total |
2.52 |
|
Other costs |
|
|
Contamination 5% |
0.13 |
|
Water |
0.00 |
|
Electricity |
0.00 |
|
Unforeseen |
0.23 |
|
Delivery |
Not. Incl. |
|
Total |
2.88 |
|
Overhead 20% |
0.58 |
|
Total cost of bag |
3.46 |
|
Sales price = 20% overhead + 17%
profit |
|
|
Sales price per bag |
3.95 |
Item |
Material |
Cost calculation |
1
|
Sawdust
|
Sawdust costs 982.39 Baht/ton |
100 kg can produce 130 bags |
||
Cost for 100 kg = (982.39 Baht/1,000 kg) x 100 kg = 98.239 |
||
Cost for sawdust per bag = 98.239 Baht/130 bags = 0.7557 Baht per bag |
||
2
|
PP Bags
|
1 kg of bags = approximately 200 bags = 47 |
Baht Cost for PP bag = 47 Baht/200 bags = 0.235 Baht per bag |
||
3
|
Rice bran |
100 kg of sawdust uses 6 kg of rice brand |
Price of rice brand = 5 Baht/kg |
||
Cost for rice brand = 6 kg x 5 Baht/130 bags = 0.2308 Baht/bag |
||
4
|
Gypsum
|
100 kg of sawdust uses 2 kg of gypsum |
Price for gypsum = 100 Baht/25 kg bag |
||
Price for 1 kg gypsum = 100/25 = 4 Baht/kg |
||
Cost of gypsum = 4 Baht x 2 kg/130 bags = 0.0615 Baht per bag |
||
5
|
Limestone
|
100 kg of sawdust uses 1 kg of limestone |
1 kg of limestone = 4 Baht/kg |
||
Cost of limestone = 4 Baht/130 bags = 0.0308 per bag |
||
6
|
Magnesium sulfate
|
100 kg of sawdust uses 0.2 kg of magnesium sulfate |
Price of magnesium sulfate = 300 Baht/25 kg bag |
||
Price for 1 kg of magnesium sulfate = 300 Baht/25 kg = 12 Baht/kg |
||
Cost for magnesium sulfate = (12 Baht x 0.2 kg)/130 bags = 0.0185 Baht
per bag |
||
7 |
Spawn
|
Price of spawn bottle = 5 Baht |
One bottle can make 30 bags |
||
Cost for spawn = 5 Baht/30 bags = 0.16 per bag |
||
8 |
Plastic neck |
Cost per one plastic neck = 0.14 Baht |
9
|
Corn cob & wood for fuel
|
Cost cob = 900 Baht per ton |
Wood = 2,000 Baht per ton |
||
Altogether corn cob and wood can produce 11,216 bags |
||
Cost for green fuel = 2,900 Baht/11,216 bags = 0.2586 Baht per bag |
||
10
|
Cotton
|
One kg of cotton can produce 1,000 bags |
Price for cotton = 13 Baht/kg |
||
Cost for cotton = 13 Baht/1,000 bags = 0.013 Baht per bag |
||
11
|
Rubber bands
|
Rubber bands sell in bags of 1 kg containing approximately 3,150 pcs.
|
Price of one bag = 37 Baht |
||
Each mushroom bag uses two rubber bands |
||
Cost for rubber bands = (37 Baht/3,150) x 2 pcs. = 0.0235 Baht per bag |
||
12
|
Alcohol
|
Alcohol for sterilization = 35 Baht per bottle |
Price for 9 bottles = 315 Baht |
||
Alcohol for lamp = 20 Baht per bottle x 4 bottles = 80 Baht |
||
Altogether use of alcohol = 395 Baht can produce 11,216 bags |
||
Altogether cost for alcohol = 395 Baht/11,216 bags = 0.0352 Baht per
bag |
||
13 |
Labor cost for bags |
0.30 Baht per bag |