Abstract :
Mushroom cultivation is one of the most economical ways of upgrading income of the farmers other than field crops, which ultimately increase human resource directly or indirectly. Mushroom cultivation as a self-employment venture is now being promoted by various Government Department, State Agricultural Universities, and National Research Centre of Mushroom (NRCM) and NGOs. But, in this venture various risk are also involved which must be considered. This paper observes the major constraints faced by mushroom growers during various stages of mushroom cultivation such as awareness regarding procurement of raw material, lack of physical facilities like cold storage and infrastructure, financial constraints like difficulty in borrowing loans and lack of proper marketing channels etc.
Keyword :
Mushroom, Mushroom cultivation, Self-employment, mushroom growers, constraints