GROWING OF MUSHROOMS
Mushroom cultivation and processing requires simple technology thus it can be taken up by women groups. The common type used is the button mushroom (agaricus bisporus. Composted manure of moisture content of 60% can be formed from cow dung, chopped wheat straw, wheat bran, gypsum, and ammonium sulphate. Poultry manure could also be added. The manure is pasteurized and conditioned. A mushroom house is built with a framework of steel-tube, covered with 500-gauge clear polythene lined with insulating material like thermo Cole from outside and covered with black polythene