Awareness cum training camp held for Mushroom growers JAMMU, JUNE 15 – Department of Agriculture today organized one day awareness-cum-practical training & demonstration programme for Mushroom growers here at Talab Tillo. More than 50 mushroom growers/famers from Bishnah, R S Pura, Akhnoor, Dansal, Bhalwal, Satwari etc participated. About 50 percent among the participants were women. Joint Director of Agriculture (Inputs) Jammu, S K Sawhney inaugurated the training programme. Interacting with the mushroom growers, Sawhney said that department of agriculture Jammu is making all efforts to help the farmers to increase their income by providing requisite technology and material inputs for diversification of agriculture activities. He said that milky mushroom as a summer season crop fits into the sequence of growing mushrooms round the year. He said the species are suitable for hot humid climate and can be cultivated indoors in areas of high temperature and high humidity. It grows well at a temperature between 25-35 C and relative humidity of more than 80 percent. Mushroom growers raised different queries with regard to marketing problem of milky mushroom for which Joint Director of Agriculture advised the growers to go for value addition. Further, Sawhney deliberated that in year2011-12 90234 spawn bottles were distributed and 179456 trays were established which gave 5823.24 qtls of yield. Further during 2012-13 102032 spawn bottles distributed and 203374 trays established which gave 6108.45 qtls of yield. While elaborating on the employment prospects the Chief Agriculture Officer Jammu said that mushroom cultivation can be taken up successfully even by the landless farmers. He described this as good source of employment especially for youth and women. Moreover it can give a profit of more than 100 percent in a short period of time. Earlier, in his welcome address, Mushroom Development Officer Jammu gave a brief account of the Mushroom Development Scheme Jammu. He stated that earlier the mushroom growers falling under sub tropical areas particularly in Jammu district used to close down the activity from May to September because of the obstructive high temperature and humidity.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:57:26 +0000
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