An entrepreneurial training program on Mushroom spawn production and Mushroom cultivation was organized by Mushroom Lab, Division of Crop Protection from 30th June to 2nd July 2022 and 4th to 8th July 2022. A total of 37 people from the states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Telangana and Jharkhand attended the training. The group included 16 women entrepreneurs. There was a great diversity among the trainees with regards to educational qualifications which ranged from matriculation, intermediate, graduates, and postgraduates. The group was given advanced end-to-end hands-on training on various aspects of mushroom spawn production, Mushroom cultivation, mushroom processing & value addition, mechanization and energy management in mushroom farms, and ancillary activities associated with the mushroom industry and utilization of mushroom technology as a social enterprise.
