About the course

Mushroom production represents an opportunity for college students interested in an additional enterprise and is a specialty option for students without much land. Mushroom production can play an important role in managing farm organic wastes when agricultural and food processing by-products are used as growing media for edible fungi. The used substrate can then be composted and applied directly back to the soil.

Department of Botany has started Certificate course in Mushroom Production from the session 2020-21. This is a certificate course aims to cater subject-matter and manual knowledge on mushroom farming and to popularize its advantageous farm economics. It thoroughly describes and infuse the theory and practical knowledge on subject. The learner will get enriched with knowledge and experience on mushroom farming. The course content is well designed. It is taught in a very simple way that we can easily understand it. Growing, harvesting, marketing, stirage and even making various delicious dishes using mushrooms are taught this is an excellent introductory certificate course recognized by Gondwana University, Gadchiroli.

Course Objectives

• To make the learners self reliant to identify several kind of mushrooms.

• To provide detailed hands on training on mushroom cultivation, packaging and marketing.

• To develop a business plan on mushroom cultivation.

• To help the learners to practice a means of self employment and income generation.

Learning Outcomes

• Understanding mushrooms, types (edible & poisonous) and mushroom production

• Learning, cultivation of different edible mushrooms

• Introduction with climatic requirements of mushroom cultivation

• Knowledge of harvesting and post harvesting processes of mushroom

• Learning value added products preparation from mushroom

• Having the prospects of commercial mushroom production