Hungarian-developed technology can help mushroom cultivation
A Hungarian-developed technology can produce mulch with excellent water retention capacity for mushroom cultivation – the University of Szeged told MTI.

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The university and the consortium of Új Champignons Kft. received more than 414.5 million forints for the project, which produces mulch through microbial recomposting of mushroom compost. Peat is primarily used for this purpose, but due to the depletion of mines and environmental damage, replenishment is becoming increasingly difficult – they wrote. According to the announcement, the harvested mushroom compost, treated with a Hungarian-developed inoculant prototype, can be used as an alternative mulch based on mushroom cultivation experiments when mixed with peat. The process processes large amounts of waste generated in mushroom cultivation and recycles it back into production as a useful raw material – they wrote. The total cost of the project, which was completed at the end of 2024, exceeded 595 million forints, according to the tender description published on the website of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH). The funds were provided by the call for market-driven research, development and innovation projects announced in 2020.
156 applications received support from the 59 billion forints budget of the tender
According to its website, the main activities of Új Champignons Kft., which deals with mushroom cultivation, are the production of compost and mushroom sprouts, the cultivation of fresh mushrooms and the production of canned mushrooms. According to public company data, the kft. generated net sales of 2.92 billion forints and after-tax profits of 40 million forints in 2023. In the previous business year, its net sales were 2.5 billion forints and after-tax profits were 94.7 million forints.
MTI
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