Abstract
Mushroom is a highly nutritive food which consumption imparted numerous health benefits; hence now a days demand for mushrooms has been increasing among people which opens the path for business for farmers especially for the rural youths. To take mushroom cultivation as a successful enterprise and to earn higher profit training plays an important role and one must have handful knowledge and skills on it. The present study was conducted to assess the status of knowledge gain and skill development through pre and post training evaluation of mushroom cultivation training on the basis of a structured questionnaire. The feedback of the trainees were also taken to bring improvement in the near future. In the present study 162 nos. of trainees were selected from ARYA (Attracting and retaining youth in agriculture) villages of Lakhimpur districts of Assam and also the farmers who are associated with the KVK, Lakhimpur and showed interests in participation on such trainings. Apart from knowledge and skill developments, the farmers especially rural youths were motivated to develop entrepreneurship by showing the future prospects and profitability of the mushroom enterprise.
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