MUSHROOM PRODUCTION PROPOSAL

 

RATIONALE

This project and innovation aims to help parents earn additional income for their families especially in this time of pandemic and to utilize local and waste materials to establish an income-generating program where the net income is used to purchase food supplements for the malnourished children of the school.

 

III. PROJECT OBJECTIVES

       General

            a. To teach the parents the production of mushroom for additional income-generation

                especially during this time of the pandemic where most of them are just staying in  

                their homes.

       Specific

            b. To purchase food supplements for the malnourished pupils from the net income

                 raised from this income-generating project and innovation.

 

IV. PROJECT DESCRIPTION

            Mushroom Production is an Income-Generating Project of Patungcaleo Integrated School and the stakeholders include the parents of the schoolchildren. The manager of this project proponent, Mr. Marcelo P. Bal-iyang Jr., also supports the feeding program of the school.

 

 

 

V. MECHANICS AND IMPLEMENTATION

 

First, meeting the parents and the scheduling of work,

 

Second, preparation of tools and gathering of materials needed,

 

The last activity will be the harvesting and selling of products which is scheduled among members. Every sales will be submitted and recorded by the organization’s treasurer to be finally distributed as the member’s individual share.

 

VI. EXPECTED OUTPUT

 

Ø  Production Capacity and Expected Outputs

Since this is a school project, the proponent and the members aim to produce 500 mushroom fruiting bags with an average daily production of 3 kilos a day for three consecutive months.

 

Ø  Projected Summary of Gross Sale of Products

The average price of mushroom per kilogram is Php200.00. The 500 fruiting bags is expected to approximately yield 270 kg. in three months which gives a total amount of Php 54,000.00

 

VII. WORK PLAN OF ACTIVITIES

 

ACTIVIES	TIME FRAME	PERSONS INVOLVED	SUCCESS INDICATOR
Pre-implementation Phase: Ø  Preparation of the proposal	October 2020	Proponent	Prepared
Ø  Submission of the proposal for approval		School Head, Proponent	Submitted proposal for approval
Revision (if any)			Revised proposal
Implementation Phase: Ø  Sourcing out the raw materials for this project	November 2020	Parents, Proponent	Sourced out
Ø  Informing all the people involved		School Head, Parents and Proponent	Informed
Ø  Distribution of raw materials to each group		Parents and Proponent	Distributed
Ø  Construction of mushroom site		Parents, School Head, Proponent	Constructed
Post-Implementation Phase: Ø  Submission and approval of the project	December 2020	School Head, Proponent and Superintendent	Submitted and approved project
Ø  Monitoring and evaluation		School Head	Monitored and evaluated
Sharing of income Ø  30% school share Ø  20% feeding program Ø  40% parent share Ø  10% revolving fund		Every quarter of the year	Income is distributed as planned

 

VIII. BUDGETARY REQUIREMENTS

 

The source of capital can be sourced from the individual generous donors as additional aid to the personal fund of the proponent. There is no problem with regards to the sourcing the materials needed because all the needed materials are available in the locality. These include the rice straw, firewood, and bamboo. The table below summarizes the items needed in the production which the parent donors can help fund this mushroom growing production enterprise. The initial capital needed is Php8,340.00 only.

 

ITEM	UNIT PRICE	TOTAL
Rice straw (hay)	Free	0
Powder Rice Bran	Free	0
Drum (can)	3 x Php1500	Php4,500.00
Mushroom Seed (semilia)	20 x Php120	Php 2,400.00
Rubber Bands	20/box x Php10	Php 200.00
Firewood	Free	0
Bamboo	Free	0
Plastic Straw	1 roll x Php300	Php 300.00
Cellophane	120x6	Php 800.00
Tie Wire	1kl x 140	Php 140.00
Total Estimated Cost		Php 8,340.00

Table 1: Initial Investment Cost

 

 

 

 

IX. PROJECT OPERATIONAL DESCRIPTION

       A. Market

Ø  Product Description – The oyster mushrooms are common edible mushrooms. They are now grown commercially and are easy to grow. In only one month, you will be ready to harvest the fruits of your labor.

Ø  Target Market – Any interested buyers/Quirino Public Market

Ø   Price and Pricing – 200/kl

Ø  Terms of Sale – Direct/online selling

Ø  Projected Sale Volume – Php 54,000.00

 

       B. Technical

Ø  Project Location – Patungcaleo Integrated School Warehouse

Ø  Production capacity and expected outputs – 500 fruiting bags to produce oyster mushrooms

Ø  Technical Production Process – The following details the technical production process in raising oyster mushrooms.

 

1) Inoculation

Oyster mushroom spawn is mixed with the substrate material (often straw or sawdust, but a range of other materials can also be used. This growing medium is then usually placed into bags with small holes or air filters in them for air exchange.

2) Incubation

The bags are then placed in a warm (20-24C/68F-75F) dark room to incubate and begin the first phase of growth. Only 10-14 days are needed for the spawn to grow a full web of root-like threads of mycelium and colonise the growing substrate. Oyster mushroom mycelium colonising straw & coffee ground substrate.

3) Fruiting

Once the growing medium is fully colonised by the spawn, it is time for the mushrooms to start fruiting. The bags are exposed to autumn-like conditions with fresh oxygen, high humidity, low level light and often cooler temperatures. This signals to the mycelium that it’s time to start producing mushrooms and small pins begin to emerge.  Oyster mushroom pins begin to emerge from holes in the bag. Fed by water and nutrients from the mycelium, these tiny pins then rapidly grow and develop into full size mushrooms in just 5-7 days.

 

Oysters mushrooms, ready to harvest just 7 days after starting to grow out of the bag. A crop of mushrooms can be harvested three times before the mycelium becomes exhausted, with a new crop of mushrooms manifesting every 7-14 days during this time. It takes about just 5-8 weeks to grow 3 crops of oyster mushrooms and all this can be done with minimal equipment or expertise.

       C. Organizational Management

 

Ø  Project Organization and Management Structure

 

Mr. Marcelo P. Bal-iyang Jr Project Head

Parents and Teachers of Patungcaleo Integrated School Stakeholders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       D. Financial

 

Ø  Capital Requirements – The capital requirements of this project is minimal is sourcing the materials needed is easy as they are available in the immediate locality. These include the rice straw, firewood, and bamboo.

 

Ø  Source of Funds – The source of capital can be sourced from the individual generous donors as additional aid to the personal fund of the proponent

 

Ø  Investment Cost – Table 1 shows the investment cost and the materials needed to raise the oyster mushrooms.  The initial capital needed is PhP8,340.00

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Ø  Projected Income Statement - The average price of mushroom per kilogram is Php200.00. The 500 fruiting bags is expected to approximately yield 270 kg. in three months which gives a total amount of Php 54,000.00

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X. MONITORING AND EVALUATION

 

Since the projected income from this project is PhP54,000 every three months, this can be used as a good way to monitor and evaluate the performance of this project.  That projection can be used as the quota and the performance of the project can be based on how much percentage of the quota has been reached by the project for a three-month period – and so on and so forth.

 

The goal of the monitoring is to ensure that the quota is reached at a satisfactory level every harvest time.  If the performance is exemplary, then the head of the project can find ways to increase production and output to increase income.