Adoption of mushroom cultivation by rural women of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh -Problems and perspectives

The diet of an average Indian comprises of calorie rich food stuffs, but often is highly deficient in proteins. The edible mushrooms are the possible non-conventional foodstuffs, rich with proteins. Mushrooms need promotion and acceptance from general public. The study had been undertaken to examine the problems and perspectives of adoption of mushroom cultivation by rural women of Kanpur. The results showed that rural women traineas adopted mushroom cultivation is large numbers. The highest adoption index was obtained by graduate women (9.341) and the lowest by illiterate women (0.186). Marketing of produce was the biggest problem faced by these trainees.