SP Singh and RK Singh

This study attempts to investigate the easily acceptable and low cost technology of Oyster mushroom cultivation. Locally and easily available substrates such as corn cob, vegetable residue and waste paper were examined with the supplementation of rice bran and chicken manure separately. During the study mycelial growth, spawn run, pin head formation, yield and biological efficiency were observed.
Mushroom cultivation is a good enterprise for small, marginal and landless farmers as it is grown on agricultural waste, require less land, and require short span of time to grow. Mushroom is now getting significant importance due to their nutritional and medicinal value and today their commercial cultivation is being done at large scale. Hence, keeping the above facts in view the present study was undertaken to ascertain the constraints in adoption of mushroom production technology in purposively selected Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh. Ten villages were selected from two blocks of Tikamgarh district. A sample of 120 respondents i.e. 12 mushroom growers from each village was drawn from selected villages who were engaged in mushroom production technology. The constraints perceived by the mushroom grower were studied and data so collected tabulated and analyzed. The data were collected with the help of a structured schedule by personal interview method. The constraints as expressed by mushroom growers were non availability of good quality spawn, non availability of spawn in time, difficulty in compost making, difficulty to maintain proper indoor temperature, lack of cold storage facilities, fluctuating price prevailing in the market, Lack of transportation facilities and high charges, lack of Knowledge of spawn production, lack of technical guidance in Post Harvest Technology, lack of training of scientific Mushroom Production Technology, complicated procedure in getting loans and lack of government support in the form of loan and subsidy. It is suggested by the mushroom growers that Marketing of mushroom plays a vital role in cultivation of mushroom. The efficient marketing provides high return to the mushroom growers. Mushroom growers shared that they could not get the desired price for their produce due to price fluctuation and lack of marketing system. It is suggested by them that similar to other crops like Wheat, Rice, Bajra, Mustard etc. minimum support price also be fixed for Mushroom crop. It is suggested that there is an emergent need to enhance mushroom growers knowledge about latest techniques of mushroom marketing.

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