Viabilidade econômica do cultivo de shiitake em diferentes escalas de produção

Abstract

National interest in shiitake commercial cultivation is growing, due to their nutritional and medicinal properties, and appreciable taste. The cultivation of this mushroom is a profitable alternative for activity diversification in an agricultural property. With the aim of determining, in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, the economic viability of the shiitake cultivation considering a cycle of 14 months, this experiment was carried out using 1,000, 2,000, 3,000 and 4,000 eucalyptus trunks. The production scales of 2,000 and 4,000 trunks presented the smallest production costs per kg of the fresh mushroom, around US$3.25 and the highest profitability, approximately 34$6,50 e os melhores índices de lucratividade, aproximadamente 34%. A análise de viabilidade econômica mostrou resultados favoráveis para as três maiores escalas de produção, sendo os melhores resultados obtidos para 2000 toros (29,77%) e 4000 (33,43%)