Saturday, August 22, 2015

Training in mushroom cultivation

The Mushroom Growers Association, a forum of cultivators promoting mushrooms, will hold a session on various aspects of mushroom farming at Sikshak Sadan in the city on August 25. According to John Marangoli, general secretary of the forum, there is a growing demand for mushrooms among consumers and the Agriculture Department should come forward to help the farmers considering the demand.
Mr. John, a veteran mushroom cultivation trainer, said farming could be taken up by anyone with a little training. He said he trained more than 50,000 people in different parts of the State during the last 25 years. Though only a few hundred of his trainees had taken to commercial cultivation so far, thousands of them were doing it domestically, he says.


The farmers would also be given advice to obtain financial assistance from the government. Interested persons may contact the organisers to register their names. Ph: 9809279473, 9349491001.

Source : The Hindu

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