Report-Alok Kumar
Gopalganj, Housewives are also doing wonders sitting at home. She is doing new experiments while managing her home and is getting success in it too. Mushroom cultivation is very popular among them. We are introducing you to one such enterprising woman from Bihar who started mushroom cultivation in a room of her house and is earning lakhs of rupees today.
In different districts of Bihar, women are not only making themselves self-reliant by cultivating mushrooms but have also become a source of inspiration for other women. Rekha Devi, resident of Hathua in Gopalganj district, recognized her potential and started repairing an unused room in the house and growing mushrooms in it. Rekha Devi is now producing many types of mushrooms together in this one room.
unused room spits out gold
Rekha Devi tells her story. She says that when the children went out to study, the free time at home started troubling them. So thought of doing something. The rooms in the house were lying vacant. So I thought why not put them to better use. Just during that time the idea of planting mushrooms came. Then information about this was collected from different places. At first, mushrooms were planted in a room on a small scale. When there was profit, gradually mushrooms were planted in many other rooms of the house. Now we earn good income annually.
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Earning lakhs sitting at home, training others too
Rekha Devi now spends her free time taking care of mushrooms. Their time started being used properly and the unused rooms also started being used properly. The income earned from this improved the financial condition of the house. She has now become a successful mushroom producing farmer. Rekha Devi is now planting mushrooms of many varieties. These include oyster, portabello, headhog, shiitake and button mushrooms. There is a lot of demand for them in the market. That’s why she is cultivating mushrooms throughout the year. Through this, one is earning Rs 3 to 4 lakhs annually sitting at home. Rekha Devi has now started giving mushroom training to others.
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Tags: Farming in India, food business, Gopalganj news, Local18, Success Story, Successful businesswoman
FIRST PUBLISHED: February 22, 2024, 13:56 IST
