Mushroom growing broadens the prosperous path for farmers

Oct 18, 2019

On October 18, farmers working in the cooperative of Weinanbai Village, Hengqu County, Shanxi Province of China are busy with picking of Shiitake mushroom.

“Now, there are 2 mushroom cooperatives in our village, annual cultivation capacity of Shiitake nutrient bags reaches 100,000 bags while over 50 poor farmers are leaded to generate the annual per caipta income of 6000 CNY,” introduces person in charge of the cooperative passionately, going on that after years of development, by now, 3200 standardized cold mushroom sheds have been built in Hengqu County, annual output on green Shiitake mushroom, Oyster mushroom and Black fungus comes to 12,000 tons, mushrooms are sold well to over 10 provinces and cities in China, output value hits 120 million CNY while above 3000 farmers are encouraged to embark on mushroom growing and get stable revenues.