Like Zubayer, many educated youths, including women, are now coming to mushroom farming because of its high profitability. Getting no suitable job after graduation, he took up mushroom farming as his profession. "With the project, we will campaign for mushroom farming and build awareness about its hygiene aspects," he added. Needs private sector investmentMajority of the mushroom farmers still have to depend on government agency, the NAMDEC, for collecting seeds. Some institutes provide trainingNAMDEC with its 16 branches across the country is providing training in mushroom farming free of costs.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 07, 2020 17:37 UTC