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HUNGARY
Modernisation imperative in Hungary
Bio-Fungi Ltd organised a conference with the theme of “The Sustainability of Mushroom Growing in Central-Eastern Europe” from 16 to 18 October in Ócsa, Hungary. The obective was to boost the sector in this part of Europe.
By Jan Gielen, DLV Plant Mushrooms
j.gielen@
dlvplant.nl
Hungary aims to double its mushroom production capacity – currently around 25,000 tons annually- in the period until 2020. This ambition was expressed by the Ministry of Rural Development’s Minister of State for Agricultural Economy, György Czerván, during the opening ceremony he performed at Bio-Fungi Ltd.’s new mushroom plant and logistics centre near Budapest. The official opening also signalled the start of an inter- national mushroom conference entitled “Sustainability of Mushroom Growing in Central-Eastern Europe”. The event was organised by Bio-Fungi and hosted in their own premises. A temporary tent complex was erected next to the farm so that suppliers and sponsors from the sector could present their goods and services to the participants. An estimated total of 250 participants from over ten countries attended the conference. The majo- rity of the participants came from Hungary, Croatia, Ro- mania and Bosnia, but there were also representatives from other countries. The lectures were simultaneously translated into four languages.
Don’t reinvent the wheel After an opening speech by Árpád Mutsy, Managing Director of Bio-Fungi, Minister of State Czerván sket- ched the possibilities for the future development of the mushroom sector in Hungary. He mentioned building new farms, expansion plans for compost production, reorganising research and establishing professional training schemes. Mutsy then briefly spoke on the challenges facing the sector in Central-Eastern Europe, and particularly the developments that are essential to bring the sector to the next level using sustainable and efficient cultivation methods and marketing. Important is that the currently active growers look to the future and are aware of how vital it is to make long term investments. In many cases this entails modernisation or the construction of new production plants in order to achieve optimal results. Bio-Fungi is exemplary in this respect, with 12 growing rooms of 864 m2 all equipped with the latest state-of- the-art technology, constructed by Christiaens. The company views it as its task to convince Hungarian
Árpád Mutsy, Managing Director of Bio-Fungi during the tour of his company. Jan Gielen (DLV) during one of three lectures.
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