Revenues on mushroom cultivation is 50-fold higher than corn farming

Mar 16, 2018

Now, in High-efficient Mushroom Garden of Fengyi Village, Yinjiang Autonomous Region, Guizhou Province of China, Shiitakes vigorously pop heads out of sticks,

“As one of the disabled, heavy works are unbearable to me. In the past, i used to plant corns and potatoes. Along with the quick development of mushroom industry, i decidedly embark on it. By now, i have developed 5000 Shiitake sticks with support of local policy . Within half a year, gross output on fresh Shiitake reached 750 kg and pure profits hit 6000 CNY in my garden,”introduces Mr. Zhongwen Shi, owner of the garden as well as one of poor populations in Fengyi Village.

According to statistics, by the end of 2017, gross mushroom capacity came to 88 million sticks, output value attained 563 million CNY while over 6000 farmers were encouraged to launch into mushroom growing in Yinjiang Autonomous Region, average earnings obtained at least 30,000 CNY per household.