Villages of the district are being developed under the scheme of Mashroom production.

Chamoli: For the rural development, few villages of district have selected, where the production of mashroom has started. In the block Gairsain, village Adibadri, Kheta and Thapali are being operated by District Plan and MNREGA. Under this scheme, the work of construction of mushroom sheds has started in the villages.

Efforts have started to develop Adibadri, Kheta and Thapali villages of Gairsain block of the district as models of mushroom production. Here, the construction of mushroom sheds has been started in the villages by the Agriculture and Horticulture Department. Along with the distribution of compost to the farmers, 10 farmers of the area have been sent to Haridwar for training. The objective of the scheme is to increase mushroom production in the district and reduce dependence on outside areas for training.

Chief Agriculture Officer Jai Prakash Tiwari said that on the instructions of District Magistrate Sandeep Tiwari, a plan has been made by the Agriculture and Horticulture Department to make Adibadri, Kheta and Thapali villages of Gairsain as model villages for mushroom production. Under which, with the support of District Planning and MNREGA, implementation of the scheme has been started in the villages with a self-help group and 28 farmers. Under the scheme, in the first phase, construction of mushroom shed has been started in the area for mushroom production.

Farmers of the area have been sent to Buggawala in Haridwar for training in mushroom production and the process of distributing compost to the farmers has also been started. He told that last year, 30 quintals of mushrooms were produced in the district through a scheme operated with a women self-help group and 20 farmers in the district. In such a situation, after the scheme started in Gairsain area, the production of mushrooms in the district will increase from 45 to 50 quintals. He said that farmers will be able to earn better income by marketing mushrooms at the rate of Rs 250 per kg in the local market.