Adoption of Innovative Mushroom Cultivation: A Success Story of Farmer
Sunil Kumar*
Krishi Vigyan Kendra (ICAR-DRMR), Gunta-Bansur (301 402), Alwar, Rajasthan, India
Sushil Kr Sharma
Krishi Vigyan Kendra (ICAR-DRMR), Gunta-Bansur (301 402), Alwar, Rajasthan, India
Arbind Kr Verma
Krishi Vigyan Kendra (ICAR-DRMR), Gunta-Bansur (301 402), Alwar, Rajasthan, India
P. K. Rai
ICAR- Directorate of Rapeseed-Mustard Research, Bharatpur (321 303), Rajasthan, India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Innovative Technology, Mushroom Cultivation, Success Stories, Cost Benefit Ration.
Abstract
The mandate of Krishi Vigyan Kendra is to provide the innovative idea to the farmers and rural youth for their income generation or self-employment. Keeping this in mind, the KVK has accompanied the training program on mushroom cultivation. The innovative and small farmer after taking the training, started the mushroom cultivation. A small hut of size 15 x 10 x 10 cu. feet was made from locally available materials. He harvested the oyster mushroom 105.0 kg in year 2017-18 and button mushroom 110 kg and 100.0 kg in year 2018-19 and 2019-20, respectively. The one kilogram of fresh mushroom fetches average price Rs. 150-160/kg in a local markets and earned the Rs. 48,250.00 and cost benefit ratio was 1: 2.09. The Ram Singh is a role model for the fellow farmers/rural youth and many farmers are inspired by him. In local market, he was also known by mushroom farmer.
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