June 19, 2021
The global mushroom industry has grown rapidly in recent years in terms of beneficial effects, market value, and demand. India has a wide range of agro-climatic conditions and is largely an agricultural country with a cultivated area of about 4.37 %, generating about 620 million tons of agro-waste annually.Mushroom cultivation not only helps recycle agro wastes but also fills the nutritional gap prevalent among a large population of India. Mushroom cultivation needs very less space and investment which is suitable for small farmers in the country.
And now farmers across the country will get to know about mushroom farming as the post-harvest agri-tech player Arya Collateral is organizing training in mushroom cultivation with the help of expert mushroom cultivator Rajesh Singh. The training knowledge series for farmers across India is an outcome of Arya Collateral’s national program ‘Samvad 4 Safalta’ organized earlier this year.
Rajesh Singh runs his mushroom plant in Gaya, Bihar, and will help strengthen the knowledge base of the farmers with his experiences. This will especially help a lot of casual and daily wage workers who have been forced to return to home due to a lack of livelihood options during this pandemic. Given the limited availability of land in the rural parts of the country and limited opportunities, workshops like these open up possibilities for an additional source of income to farmers.
The knowledge series by Arya is aimed to provide farmers and the rural youth alternative sources of employment as well as income in these pandemic times. There are over 100 FPOs (Farmer Producer Organisations) registered for the event from Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, and other cities.