Kigali Farms Ltd, a mushroom growing company based in Musanze District, has unveiled a mushroom village in Gahunga sector, Musanze - a project seen as a solution to malnutrition in Northern and Western provinces. The project, which comprises of 15 growing houses, is expected to boost farmers' yields through increased …
Ludhiana: Punjab Agriculture University (PAU), Ludhiana, honoured five progressive farmers during the two-day Kisan Mela that began on the university premises here today. The farmers who have been honoured are Gurdev Kaur Deol of Ayyali Khurd village in Ludhiana district, Jagdeep Singh Dhillon of Kanoi village in Sangrur district, Amar …
Marginal mushroom farmers from Assam, unable to sell their produce at competitive market prices, will soon have a proper business model prepared by experts from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. Under its
Mushroom production is an untapped potential source of employment and income in Kerala. Janaki who has established herself as an enterprising entrepreneur in mushroom production is now a role model for several unemployed youth.
Mushroom farmers of Sonapur area are eyeing online help for fund-raising opportunities in England as well as potential market linkage in that country to boost their cluster farming system. After spending three weeks with the mushroom farmers, Gareth Knott, a student of Mathematics at the University of Bath, England hopes …
PARADIP: They survive on wild mushrooms and saag. With the vegetables out of reach, the poor people in remote areas of Jagatsinghpur district have found a means to quench their hunger in the inedible forest produce. In what seems to be a grim reminder of the Kalahandi situation, where famished …
In a bid to make mushroom cultivation more profitable for the farmers, the Mushroom Development Foundation along with the State Horticulture Department has decided to provide them with seeds and training to grow milky mushroom. Cultivation of milky mushroom is ideal as well as profitable in summer as it grows …
Increasing urban production of perishable foods can increase diversity in the food system, adding new products, producers, techniques and systems that will resist different threats and meet different needs. As Australia continues to struggle with water scarcity and increasing climate extremes, food production in and around its cities can contribute …
Resilience is a dynamic process. City resilience refers to the ability of a city to adapt or adjust to changing situations or recover from economic, social or ecological disturbances. The current high rate of urbanisation in China creates many such disturbances. Urban agriculture plays a role in enhancing the resilience …
Scientists have said they had identified the toxin in a species of mushroom that killed seven people in Japan in recent years. In an article published in Nature Chemical Biology on Monday, the researchers said they isolated the poisonous compound in the mushroom, Russula subnigricans, and confirmed its toxicity by …
GANGTOK (Morena), May 24: Three children died of food poisoning in MPs Morena district while four children of a family died in North Sikkim after consuming wild mushrooms after having wild mushroom in North Sikkim, as a family reunion in a household four days ago. Lizum Lepcha (One year and …
The study on indigenous technical knowledge (ITK) about use of spent mushroom substrate (SMS) for agriculture revealed wide variations in age of the SMS applied in different crops at mushroom grower
Seven species of edible macrofungi namely Cantharellus cibarius, Coprinus comatus, Geopora arenicola, Ramaria formosa, Ramaria flavo-brunnescens, sparassis crispa and Termitomyces striatus belonging to Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes have been illustrated and are being described for the first time from Jammu Province of Jammu and Kashmir state. Their habitat description, taxonomic features, …
In order to rapidly increase the degree of maturation of the soil in land reclamation of the refuse dump of the Haizhou open-pit mines, the application of waste mushroom in the process of soil improvement in the dump was studied. Through the research on plant growth, root development and microbial …
Ritamoni Deuri of Jalukbari village gave up studies in Class IX and took to weaving to support her father who has only 1.5 katha of land to call his own. While she can take only half of the mekhelas and chadars that she weaves as the yarn is provided by …
Vrinda Sharma SOLAN: Mushroom farming in Solan district of Himachal Pradesh has revived the fortunes of locals in a big way over the past few years. With the initial investment as low as Rs.5,000 and a profit of Rs.20 to Rs.50 on every kg of mushroom, the lucrative returns have …
Himachal's Guchhis Sell For Rs 11,000/Kg At Kullu Fair Kullu: Wrapped in mysticism and hailed as an aphrodisiac, Morchella esculenta, an edible mushroom also known as the Common Morel, sold for Rs 11,000 per kg at the recently held Banjar fair in Kullu. Locally known as guchhi, it was arguably …
To get the organic certification, I needed a letter from the forest department simply stating that I was not contravening any state law. Actually, my control parameters were more strict than the department's. After travelling in Himachal Pradesh to visit friends, I had an idea to export wild mushrooms to …
