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Livelihood/ Employment | Mushroom cultivation ensures decent income for tribal people -K Srinivasa Rao

Mushroom cultivation ensures decent income for tribal people -K Srinivasa Rao

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published Published on May 5, 2015   modified Modified on May 5, 2015
-The Hindu

SRIKAKULAM: Mushroom cultivation is helping many unemployed youth and tribal farmers to get decent livelihood with less investment in Srikakulam district. Women groups have joined them in learning cultivation techniques thanks to huge demand for mushrooms in Visakhapatnam, Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts.

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has been conducting a series of training programmes with the support of various non governmental organisations including BREDS and ARTS for the last three months. Training programmes are being conducted in places like Patapatnam, Palakonda, Saravakota and other mandals.

According to BREDS director V. Sambamurthy and BREDS coordinator B. Ananda Rao, the investment was only Rs. 380 for each bed and around 8 kg of mushrooms were likely to come up within 15 days. Each Kg of mushrooms costs around Rs.180 in the market.“Each farmer can set up to four beds in a place to get around 30 kg of mushrooms every fortnight. The profit will be Rs. 3,500 if investment amount is deducted,” Mr. Sambamurthy said.

Nabard District Development Manager M.D. Vasudevan told The Hindu that many people of other areas too were approaching the office for advanced training in mushroom cultivation. “Many tribal families don’t have their own land. So, it is difficult for them to generate income. Mushroom cultivation has become a boon for them. They don’t need to worry about marketing as traders are approaching them to buy fresh stock from beds,” said Mr. Vasudevan.

Nabard has advised NGOs to provide training in growing all varieties of mushrooms such as dyster, enoki, white button, portabella and others. More demand is anticipated for mushrooms as they are rich in carbohydrates and proteins.

Many tribal families don’t have their own land. So, it is difficult for them to generate income. Mushroom cultivation has become a boon for them. They don’t need to worry about marketing as traders are approaching them to buy fresh stock from beds.
 

The Hindu, 2 May, 2015, http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/mushroom-cultivation-ensures-decent-income-for-tribal-people/article7163128.ece


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