Farmers receive training in winter mushroom cultivation at Punjab Agricultural University

A group of 47 farmers, rural women and youths attended the five-day training programme on the ‘cultivation of winter season mushrooms’, which concluded at the Skill Development Centre at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) here on Saturday.

The programme was held under the guidance of Dr MS Bhullar, Director of Extension Education.

Dr Rupinder Kaur, Associate Director (Skill Development), said there was a rising trend for mushroom cultivation due to minimal space and investment requirements and good profit. “Mushroom farming was being advocated as a subsidiary occupation, helping in accruing monetary benefits, nutritional security as well as livelihood sustainability,” she added.

Dr Prerna Kapila, Course Coordinator, cited the successful examples of PAU-skilled mushroom growers who were earning substantially from its cultivation as well as processing. She alongwith Kuldeep Kaur demonstrated the mushroom-based processing technologies.