Over the years, price depression of moso bamboo markets has been striking bamboo farmers to withdraw the management, which results in serious forest abandonment. Concerning this issue, forestry sector of Jiangshan City, Zhejiang Province of China pays high attention and adopts various powerful measures on new production mode under bamboo forest, bamboo fungus cultivation is one of them.

“By the time of this year, area of Bamboo fungus cultivation under forest has totaled 30 mu, gross output achieved 1416 kg, total incomes obtained 346,800 CNY while mu output value went up to 10,000 CNY for the first time,” introduces one of local forestry farms in Jiangshan City.

Bamboo fungus is a kind of rare mushroom, its development mode implemented under bamboo forest shows bright future. According to know, till now, 2 Bamboo fungus bases have been established in Jiangshan City, gross cultivation area has obtained 50 mu, output value reached over 500,000 CNY, another new highlight on income growth has been manifested under bamboo forest.