Journal of Krishi Vigyan

A study was conducted in the district by the Krishi Vigyan Kendra, to study the extent of knowledge and adoption of eleven selected scientific cultivation practices of mushroom being followed by the farm women. To measure the extent of knowledge and adoption, 50 trained farm women were selected for the study. The results revealed that majority of the respondents were found to have high level of knowledge in mushroom cultivation activities i.e. 56 per cent followed by medium knowledge (28%) and low knowledge (16%). The overall mean per cent score for knowledge and adoption were found to be 83.5 and 76.8 per cent, respectively. The mushroom growing is such an enterprise in which requirement of land is not a big issue so even landless farmers can augment their income through mushroom cultivation.