International Journal of Farm Sciences
Year : 2016, Volume : 6, Issue : 3
First page : ( 17) Last page : ( 22)
Print ISSN : 2229-3744. Online ISSN : 2250-0499.

Evaluation of mushroom farming among rural masses

Raina Dimpy, Kaur Rajdeep*, Singhaulakh Gurjant

Krishi Vigyan Kendra (PAU), Ferozepur, 152001, Punjab, India

*Email for correspondence: msrajdeepct@pau.edu

Online published on 25 July, 2018.

Abstract

Mushroom is a multipurpose farm produce in terms of nutrition and its cultivation as a subsidiary occupation. Button mushroom is the most preferred type of mushroom. Study was conducted on ninety respondents who consumed mushrooms from two villages (Satiewala and Bazidpur) of Ferozepur (thirty respondents each) and trainees who came to Krishi Vigyan Kendra for home science and mushroom cultivation trainings (thirty respondents). The sample consisted of rural farmers and farm women/girls. The data were collected during survey at the villages and during trainings through pre-structured questionnaire to evaluate the nutritional awareness of the consumption of mushrooms and knowledge regarding mushroom cultivation. It was found that all the respondents preferred the taste of button mushroom followed by 7.78 per cent who preferred Dhingri. Forty per cent of the respondents were aware of mushroom cultivation and they cultivated mushrooms at home themselves. Most of the respondents (60%) procured mushrooms from local market as they were not aware of mushroom cultivation. The average yield of mushroom of the respondents who cultivated it at household level was between 4.3 to 5.6 kg/kg spawn/person and those who cultivated at small scale was between 5.6 to 6.0 kg/kg spawn/person.

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Keywords

Mushroom, button mushroom, cultivation, farmers, awareness.

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