Constraints Perceived by Rural Youth in Adoption of Button Mushroom Cultivation and its Success in District Barnala Sohi Harjot Singh*, Tanwar P.S., Matharu K.S. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Barnala-148107, Punjab Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab *Corresponding author email id: harjotsinghsohi@gmail.com
Abstract White Button mushroom is cultivated during winter season in Punjab and it is also cultivated throughout the year under controlled environmental conditions of temperature range of 24±2°C for spawn run with a relative humidity of 85–90 per cent. The cultivation of button mushroom as a subsidiary occupation among rural youth is promoted by Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Barnala through different vocational training programmes, demonstrations and implementation of projects. However, the production of button mushroom in the district is still low as compare to the other adjoining districts of Punjab state. So, it was worthwhile to study the major constraints in the adoption of white button mushroom cultivation by rural youth of district Barnala. The results of the present study revealed that issues related to agro processing unit (89.36%), constraint related to market at village level (86.20%) were the major constraints in adoption of this venture. In order to find out the relationship between ranks accorded by groups of respondents to different categories of constraints, rank order correlation was also calculated. The promotion of cultivation of button mushroom and to solve the problems of rural youth the vocational trainings were given under various schemes viz. Attaining and retaining of rural youth in agriculture (ARYA) Project and Agriculture skill council of India (ASCI) by KVK, Barnala. Top Keywords ARYA, ASCI, Button mushroom, Constraint, Rural youth. Top |