Mushroom

Farmers, if you also want to earn a good income from mushroom production, then these three excellent mushroom-growing techniques can be very helpful for you. The technologies we are talking about are shelf, polythene bag, and tray technology. We will discuss these techniques further in this article. 

Mushroom is a cash crop for the farmers of India, which provides them with good profits at a low cost. These days, the demand for mushrooms is highest in the domestic and foreign markets, due to a significant increase in their prices in the market. In such a situation, if farmers cultivate mushrooms in their fields, they can earn huge profits. In this series, today we have brought information about the three best techniques of mushrooms for farmers, with the help of which the yield of mushrooms will be much higher.

Following are the three best techniques for mushroom production:

Mushroom Growing Shelf Technology

In this wonderful technique of growing mushrooms, the farmer has to make a shelf from one to one-and-a-half-inch thick planks of strong wood, which are attached to iron angle frames. Keep in mind that the wooden ply that is being used for mushroom production must be of good wooden quality. The width of the shelf should be approximately 3 feet and the distance between the shelves should be one and a half feet. In this way, mushroom farmers can produce mushroom shelves up to five floors above each other. 

Also read: Blue mushroom cultivation started in the state, tribals are getting bumper profits

Polythene bags for growing mushrooms

The polythene bag technique of growing mushrooms is most adopted by farmers. In this technique, farmers do not need to do much hard work. This technique can be done easily in one room. In polythene bag technology, polythene envelopes of 200 gauge measuring 25 inches in length and 23 inches in width, with a height of 14 to 15 inches and a diameter of 15 to 16 inches are used for mushroom production. So that the mushroom can grow much better. 

Mushroom growing Tray Technology

This technique of growing mushrooms is very easy. With the help of technology, farmers can easily transport mushrooms from one place to another because this mushroom production is done through a tray. The size of a tray for growing mushrooms is 1/2 square meters and up to 6 inches deep. So that 28 to 32 kg of fertilizer can easily come in it.

The cultivation of mushrooms for the farmers of the Morni region seems to be a boon. The youth here are also seen shining their destiny in the cultivation of mushrooms. The Haryana government is raising the mercy of farmers by giving grants for mushroom cultivation.

Mushroom cultivation is proving to be a boon for the farmers of Morni area of Panchkula district. Most of the unemployed youth here are setting their fate in mushroom cultivation by granting grants from the government. The highest profits for the farmers of the Morni region are being achieved by this farming. Earlier farmers used to cultivate in a traditional manner, in which other cash crops were grown in addition to mustard, sesame, wheat, tomato and maize. But due to the fear of wild animals, most farmers stopped growing these crops and started paying more attention to mushroom cultivation. The Haryana government is also raising the spirits of farmers by giving grants.

What is the most suitable time for farming

The favourable time for mushroom cultivation in the Morni region starts from the first week of December to the end of March. Being aware of this, Yudh Singh Parmar Kaushik, a resident of Bahale village of Morni village, started cultivating mushrooms, in which he is expected to get very good profits. There is a favourable environment for mushroom cultivation in the Morni region of Haryana. This work does not require much land. Farmers can also turn it on with small rooms. After this, you can also start a big business by taking grants by the government.

Great way to produce mushrooms

To produce compost, soak the paddy straw and after a day, it is left to rot by mixing DAP, urea, potash, wheat bran, gypsum and carbofuran . Compost is prepared after about one and a half months. Presently, mixing cow dung and soil equal, about one and a half inch thick layer is laid and two -three inch thick layer of compost is mounted on it. In this, moisture remains stable, so spraying is sprayed two to three times a day on the mushroom. A layer of compost and one or two inch compost is climbed on top of it. In this way the production of mushrooms starts.

How much grant the government is providing

The government has decided to give grants on the three schemes on which the government has decided to give grants to encourage mushroom production, mushroom span unit and mushroom compost production unit. The high cost of these three schemes is Rs 55 lakh. On this, a grant of Rs 27.50 lakh is provided to farmers. If farmers want to take advantage of different schemes, then it is also exempted. Farmers can easily select any scheme.

Female farmer Sangeeta Kumari has said that in a poor state like Bihar, it is very important for women to be self-reliant. At present, many women of the state are creating their new identity by joining livelihood. Besides, she is also earning a good income from farming.

Women are also currently walking shoulder to shoulder with men in the state of Bihar. Now whether it is in the field of education or farming. Today women are making their place in every field. Today in this article we will give you information about a woman who is earning lakhs of rupees from vegetable farming. Nowadays this woman farmer is being discussed in all the areas of the district. The main thing is that this woman farmer cultivates green vegetables through the organic method. This is the reason why many people from other villages also come to buy vegetables from him.

The name of the female farmer is Sangeeta Kumari 

For your information, let us tell you that the name of this female farmer is Sangeeta Kumari. She is a native of Phulerpur village of Athamalgola block in Patna district. At present, Sangeeta Kumari is cultivating other green vegetables including mushrooms and potatoes with the help of zero tillage. Along with this, she is also training other women in farming. Sangeeta Kumari says, “Earlier I used to have a shortage of money to meet household expenses. I didn't even have a thousand rupees at that time. But, since I have taken up vegetable farming, their economic condition has changed. Today Sangeeta is earning more than two lakh rupees annually due to farming. Due to this, his family has also become very happy.

Also read: By cultivating these vegetables, farmers can earn more income at less expense and in less time.

Female farmer Sangeeta started mushroom cultivation 

Female farmer Sangeeta Kumari cultivates mushrooms, potatoes, and other crops in one bigha of land. Besides, he is also working on the post of Chief Minister in Jeevika. According to Sangeeta Kumari, her daughter got married in the year 2015. After this, the financial condition of his house became very bad. Now in such a situation, her husband started a job in a school at Rs 1500 per month. But, it was difficult to meet household expenses with so little money. In such a situation, after joining Jeevika in 2016, Sangeeta took training in cultivating mushrooms and other vegetables in 2019. After this, he came home and started mushroom cultivation. 

Also read: Blue mushroom cultivation started in the state, tribals are getting bumper profits

How much income is female farmer Sangeeta earning?

For the first time, he has earned Rs 10,000 by selling mushrooms. Also, potatoes have been grown in two pots through the zero tillage method. This yielded more than 40 maunds of potatoes. Sangeeta Kumari further says that along with cultivating potatoes in one bigha, she also produces other vegetables including tomato, cabbage, chili, and brinjal. Due to this, he is earning more than Rs 2 lakh in a year.

For your information, let us tell you that Farmer Devashish Kumar is an MBA pass. He earlier used to work at HDFC Bank. But, he felt like something other than farming. Now in such a situation, he left the bank job and started mushroom farming. He started farming with just one thousand rupees.

The mushroom vegetable is delicious. Most people like to consume it. Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B12, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, protein, minerals, and dietary fiber are found in abundance in mushrooms where he got information about mushroom cultivation. By consuming it regularly, there is no deficiency of nutrients in people's bodies. This is the reason why the demand for mushrooms is increasing significantly in the market. In such a situation, the number of farmers cultivating it is also increasing. Nowadays, farmers in Bihar and Jharkhand are producing mushrooms along with traditional crops. They are earning huge income from this.

Farmer Devashish’s mushroom farming changed his luck.

In this article, we will discuss about a farmer from Jharkhand, whose fortunes have changed due to mushroom cultivation. He is now earning thousands of rupees a month from mushroom production. The name of this mushroom-cultivating farmer is Devashish Kumar. He is a native of Jamshedpur in East Singhbhum district. He has cultivated mushrooms on one and a half acres of land, from which he is earning Rs 50 to 60 thousand per month. The main thing is that Devashish Kumar started his business with only Rs 1,000. 

Also read: This state is giving up to 40% subsidy for mushroom production units. 

Where did Devashish Kumar work earlier?

As mentioned above, Devashish Kumar is an MBA pass. Let us tell you that before the year 2015, he used to work at HDFC Bank. During this time, he went to Rajendra Agricultural University located in Samastipur of Bihar state. Where he got information about mushroom cultivation. After this, he took training in mushroom cultivation. After that, he left the job and came home and started mushroom farming with an investment of Rs 1,000. Although initially his family members strongly opposed his decision, he continued his work without interruption.

Farmer Devashish is also giving training in mushroom production.

Devashish Kumar has a big house in the village. He is cultivating mushrooms in four rooms of his house. He was successful on the first attempt itself. The production of mushrooms also improved and the price in the market was also good, due to which they earned a huge income. After this Devashish Kumar never looked back. Today he has also given permanent employment to two women in his farming. The special thing is that along with mushroom production. Devashish is also giving training to new people in mushroom production.

Devashish is cultivating these varieties of mushrooms.

Devashish has said that the area of ​​the four rooms is equivalent to approximately one and a half acres of land. Also, to reduce the temperature of the room during the summer season, three inches of sand is spread on the ground. Later, water is sprinkled on it from time to time. Due to this, the temperature of the room remains balanced amount. Devashish mainly cultivates milky mushrooms, oysters, paddy straws, and cloud mushrooms. Besides, mushroom powder is also manufactured. Vendors come and buy all the mushrooms from them. During winter, mushrooms are cultivated in six rooms instead of four.

Under the Integrated Horticulture Mission Scheme of the Bihar government, farmers of the state are being given the facility of subsidy up to 50 percent on mushroom cultivation. With this, along with mushroom production in the state, the income of mushrooms can also increase. Farmers can earn good profits in a short period of time by cultivating mustard. But, for this, it is extremely important for the farmers to have the right information related to mushroom cultivation. For your information, let us know that the cultivation of mushrooms is also financially supported by the government. In this series, now the Bihar government has provided excellent subsidy facility to the farmers of the state to cultivate mushrooms. 

In fact, the farmers cultivating mushrooms will be given a subsidy of up to 50 percent by the Bihar government, which will increase the yield of mushrooms in the state as well as the income of the farmers. This facility of subsidy on mushroom cultivation is being provided by the government under the Integrated Horticulture Mission Scheme. In such a situation, let us know in detail about the subsidy on mushroom cultivation from the Bihar government.

How much subsidy will be available on mushroom cultivation 

Under the Integrated Horticulture Mission Scheme of the Bihar government, the facility of subsidy has been started for farmers on mushroom cultivation. The government has also issued some guidelines for this scheme, under which the cost of the mushroom production unit has been fixed at about Rs 20 lakh, out of which the farmers of the state will get the benefit of subsidy up to about Rs 10 lakh. It is being said that in this scheme of the government, 50 percent financial assistance will be given on mushroom spawn and mushroom compost.

These top five improved varieties of mushrooms are button mushroom, oyster mushroom, milky mushroom, padistra mushroom and shimeji mushroom species are capable of giving more production at less cost. Farmers can earn good profits in less time by cultivating mustard. If seen from a point of view, people are liking mushrooms a lot.Its price in the market is quite high. Now in such a situation, if the farmers cultivate the advanced species of mushrooms in their farm, then they can earn a huge income. 

In this episode, today we are going to tell the farmers of India about the top five advanced varieties of mushrooms, which have the ability to give more yield in less cost. The advanced varieties of mushrooms we are talking about are button mushrooms, oyster mushrooms, milky mushrooms, padiestra mushrooms and shimeji mushrooms. Actually, farmers do not need soil to produce these improved varieties of mushrooms. In fact, you can easily grow them in other places such as compost manure, paddy and wheat straw, and even in plastic bags.

The top five advanced varieties of mushrooms are as follows 

Button Mushroom - This species of mushroom is mainly eaten raw or cooked. It is used in soups, stews and salads. Because of this, they are the most sold mushrooms in the market. The optimum temperature is 22-26 ° C.

Oyster mushrooms - This mushroom is produced at a temperature of 20 to 30 degrees Celsius. If seen, it ripens in 3 months. Oyster mushrooms are sweet to eat. Its shape is like a pendulum.

Milky mushrooms For your information, let us tell you that this mushroom is quite large in size. It is very good for health too. 

Paddy Straw Mushroom - The temperature should be around 28-35 ° C. Its best feature is that it is prepared very quickly and becomes available for sale in the market. 

Shimeji mushrooms -  Shimeji variety of mushrooms are grown on dead trees of the seashore. This variety of mushroom is very much liked by the people. Because after ripening this mushroom tastes like crunchy.

 In Pipli town of Puri district in Odisha, Santosh Mishra's Kalinga Mushroom Centre is a result of his hard work and perseverance. Santosh, a graduate from BJB College in Dandamukundapur village, has brought a revolution in mushroom cultivation in the area. However, Santosh's journey was full of many challenges, but he did not give up at all. 

The demand for mushrooms in Indian kitchens is growing quite rapidly. That is why, most of the farmer brothers are inclined towards mushroom cultivation along with traditional crops. However, more than 2000 varieties of mushrooms are found all over the world. But some varieties of mushrooms are consumed the most in India. On the other hand, farmers are making huge profits by cultivating different varieties of mushrooms. Not only this, many farmers are engaged in the interest of their as well as other farmers. In such a situation, today we will discuss about such a successful farmer who is trying to make it successful by giving training not only to himself but also to other farmers. 

Santosh has brought a revolution in mushroom cultivation 

Santosh Mishra's Kalinga Mushroom Centre in Pipli town of Puri district in Odisha is a result of his hard work and efforts. Santosh, a graduate from BJB College in Dandamukundapur village, has brought a revolution in mushroom cultivation in the area. Although Santosh's journey was full of challenges, he never gave up. Despite being brilliant in studies during graduation, Santosh Mishra could not earn higher education. 

Took part in mushroom farming training in 1989

In 1989, he participated in the mushroom cultivation training program at Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) in Bhubaneswar. In his media interview, he said that at that time he had Rs 36 of his savings with which he bought four bottles of oyster mushroom spawn (seeds) from OUAT.  

Santosh produces 5,000 bottles of spawn per day  

Santosh devised a different method for mushroom cultivation and spawn production and since then there has been no looking back. He has set up a spawn production-cum-training centre in his village. where they produce two varieties of seeds. One is the rice straw mushroom (Volvariella volvacea) and the other is the oyster mushroom. He sells Kalinga mushroom seeds to people in Odisha, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Assam and Pondicherry at Rs 15 per bottle. They have the capacity to produce 5,000 bottles of spawn per day. Also, he is currently producing 2,000 bottles (Rs 30,000) per day. Santosh is currently planning to make value-added products using mushrooms.

These various products can be manufactured from mushrooms

At this training centre, he is already processing mushrooms to prepare pickles, papads, vadis (dry dumplings) and soup powders. At present, oyster mushrooms are machine dried and powdered at the training centre. This powder can be used to prepare pakodas, vadis, papads, pickles, chapatis (mixed with wheat flour), sugar-free biscuits and snacks. For his work, Santosh received the State Award in 2005 and was honoured by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in 2011. He received the Global Agriculture Award at the Gujarat Summit in 2013, followed by the Odisha Citizen Award in 2021.