Mushroom production is at an all-time high across Jammu and Kashmir in the past two years. In effect, it is emerging as a new cash crop in the union territory.
“We are one of the biggest consumers of mushrooms in Kashmir but all of this would come from outside. Now for the past two years, the production has increased multifold. From an earlier single crop at some 40-50 units, the production has increased to the extent that we produce two major crops in a year at some 1,500 units,” said Choudhary Mohammad Iqbal, director, agriculture, Kashmir, adding that they were attempting to increase the livelihood of the youth by making them ‘mushroom entrepreneurs’.
Source: hindustantimes.com