Mushroom Cultivation as a Viable Income Generating Unit for Livelihood Security: A Success Story of ARYA Project at Turkaulia Block of East Champaran
Arvind Kumar Singh
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Piprakothi, East Champaran, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar, India.
Neelam Kumari
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Piprakothi, East Champaran, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar, India.
Ram Babu Sharma
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Piprakothi, East Champaran, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar, India.
Shri Kant
Department of Horticulture, Government of Bihar, Motihari, East Champaran, Bihar, India.
Jitendra Rajput
Water Technology Center, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi, India.
Ashish Rai
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Parsauni, East Champaran, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar, India.
Satish Kumar Singh
Department of Plant Breeding, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar, India.
Anshu Gangwar
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Piprakothi, East Champaran, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar, India.
Vikas Kumar Rai
Centre of Excellence on Water Management, Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar-848125, India.
Manish Kumar
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Piprakothi, East Champaran, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar, India.
Anand Kumar
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Piprakothi, East Champaran, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar, India.
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Abstract
To make agriculture sustainable, the price of agricultural commodities must be sufficient but variations in price may occur depending on market demand. So, by adopting mushroom production at rural level farmers may minimize the price gap by price of their mushrooms and ultimately people get good quality of mushroom and mushroom based products like pickle at rural level. This sets good example and also increases extra income from the agriculture at rural level by youth.
Keywords: Mushroom, rural youth, livelihood, income