 Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 11: Director Agriculture Production & Farmers Welfare, Jammu, K.K. Sharma distributed the Spawn of A-15 (Hybrid Strain) of Button Mushroom to the farmers at Spawn Production laboratory Talab Tillo, Jammu here today.
On this occasion 2.5 quintals of A-15 Button Mushroom Spawn was handed over to Balbir Singh of Chann Arorian, Kathua for raising button mushroom in about 3000 bags. Beside others, Joint Director (Mushroom & Apiculture Development), R.K. Hataishi, Agriculture Chemist, Aman Jyoti Sharma, Assistant Agriculture Chemist, Pradeep Sharma, Spawn Production Officer, Krishan Kant Gupta, Assistant Agrosotologist, Varinder Ambardhar, MRA Jammu, SPA Jammu and MDA Kathua were also present.
Speaking on the occasion, Director Agriculture underlined the importance of mushroom cultivation as an essential part of diversified farming besides stressing on promotion of round the year cultivation of mushroom, processing, value addition, branding and marketing of produce for enhancing farmer's income. He said that with the introduction of this new (A-15) strain of spawn for first time in J&K UT, the mushroom production will get a boom as yield potential of this strain is upto 3.0 Kgs per per bag of 10 Kgs of pre spawned pasteurized mushroom compost bag.
It was informed on the occasion that a target of supplying 100 quintals of Spawn (Button, Milky & Dhingri) has been fixed during the current year out of which 43 quintals has already been distributed till date. Pertinently 71 quintals of spawn (All varieties) was supplied to the farmers during the previous year by the Spawn Production Section of the department. |
