NOIDA, 18 June 2021: India's leading post-harvest Agri-Tech player, Arya Collateral is organising a knowledge series for farmers across India as an outcome of their National Program 'Samvad 4 Safalta' organised earlier this year. The first session to be held on 22 June 2021 is training in Mushroom cultivation by expert Mushroom Cultivator Rajesh Singh. 

The global mushroom industry has grown rapidly in recent years in terms of beneficial effects, market value, and demand. India has a wide range of agro-climatic conditions and is largely an agricultural country with a cultivated area of about 4.37 percent, generating about 620 million tons of agro-waste annually.

Mushroom cultivation not only helps recycle agro wastes but also fills the nutritional gap prevalent among a large population of India. Mushroom cultivation needs very less space and investment which is suitable for small farmers in the country.

Rajesh Singh runs his mushroom plant in Gaya, Bihar and will help strengthen the knowledge base of the farmers with his experiences. This will especially help a lot of casual and daily wage workers who have been forced to return to home due to a lack of livelihood options during this pandemic.

Given the  limited availability of land in the rural parts of the country and limited opportunities, workshops like these open up possibilities for an additional source of income to farmers.  

The knowledge series by Arya is aimed to provide farmers and the rural youth alternative sources of employment as well as income in these pandemic times. There are over 100 FPOs registered for the event from Maharashtra, UP and other cities.