Thursday 14 July 2016

For ‪‎Better‬ ‪‎Mushroom‬ ‪‎Industry‬ in ‪‎India‬

Most growers in India are self-employed and operating small-scale farms. They have different backgrounds with low or no knowledge of running small biological enterprises. Many short-sighted and non-committed growers are getting out of mushroom growing enterprises due to small setbacks they encounter before they accumulate enough experience in mushroom cultivation management.
This situation creates fluctuations in the total number of oyster mushrooms growing units and causes an inconsistent supply-demand curve in the marketplace. This in turn causes
the market price for oyster mushroom producing growers to fluctuate. As such, the market of oyster mushroom is highly localized with individual traders having great control on prices. The retail price of fresh oyster mushroom
varies in India from INR*50-200 per kg.
To make the oyster mushroom growing business more profitable, the following efforts should be made:
* The present growers must join hands to form co-operative societies in order to share the technical information on day to day growing and spawn production, and in order to control the price of mushrooms in the market place.
* The idea of co-operative formation among growers is already proposed among the grower communities but no leader has emerged to date.
* The costs of production should be maintained as low as possible by utilizing the local agricultural residue.
* Introduction of value-added products like oyster mushroom powder for soups, and oyster mushroom pizza should be made.
* Mature and committed entrepreneurs should be encouraged to become involved in the mushroom industry.
* The Indian government sectors must take the initiative in assisting in the marketing of fresh and processed oyster mushrooms for export by purchasing crops from the small scale mushroom farms. The revenue from this process can later be utilized in improving the rural infrastructure.

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