NRCM OFFERS FOLLOWING SERVICES :

PURE CULTURE/SPAWN
Centre provides pure cultures and quality spawn of different edible mushrooms on cost.

CONSULTANCY:

The Centre has a "Farmers Service Unit" to attend to the problems of the growers with regard to crop-management diseases, pests, compost quality etc. Teams of scientists periodically visit the major mushroom growing areas for survey and surveillance of mushroom diseases and pests and for providing on the spot technical advice to contain the maladies. For putting up industries, the Centre renders consultancy services like preparation of Project documents, project evaluation and implementation of payment basis, which has helped a number of entrepreneurs to obtain government loans and subsidies to put up commercial farms.* Techno-economic feasibility reports (TEFRs) are prepared for various mushroom projects, spawn units, composting units. Consultancy fees is charged depending upon the overall cost of the project.

TESTING OF SAMPLES /COMPOST/CASING:

The Centre analyses the samples of mushrooms for diseases/pests and compost/casing brought by mushroom farmers. On the basis of the analysis the farmers are advised corrective measures.

Training :

Mushroom is a non-traditional crop, newly introduced in India and its cultivation technology being much technical needs a lot of emphasis on training. The basic principle for organizing a successful mushroom cultivation training course is obviously "learning by doing". This requires a lot of inputs in the planning as well as implementation of the courses besides the required basic infrastructures. Over the years, the Centre has been able to develop adequate facilities for training which include Auditorium/Projection room with modern audio-visual gadgets, a Library and Information centre, a museum, a spawn production unit, a composting/pasteurization unit, growing rooms both for button as well as specialty mushrooms and last but not the least a 50 bed training hostel. With all these facilities available, the Centre gives greater emphasis over in-house training courses. Presently the Centre conducts 6 types of training courses of different levels to meet the requirements of different groups of trainees :

Entrepreneurs training course : This is meant to serve the personnel of existing mushroom farms as well as the entrepreneurs who are likely to put up future mushroom farms.

Training for Subject Matter Specialists (SMS), is meant for extension Specialists, Horticulture Officers and other functionaries of the departments and universities etc. who are basically trainers and for whom this training course serves as a refresher course. Who in turn train the farmers in their functional areas through work experience.

Introductory training course for mushroom farmers : This course is primarily aimed to serve the rural farmers who prefer to grow mushroom at low to medium inputs level with a limited financial involvement.International training course : This course is open to trainees drawn from other countries particularly from rural under-developed/developing countries in the neighborhood and is conducted in English medium.

Sponsored training courses : The Centre organizes a few sponsored training courses also either as on/ or off campus programs which are meant (a) to serve the weaker sections e.g. poor and marginal farmers/farm women from far-flung areas who can not afford to attend regular training programmes and (b) to meet the specific needs of some development/financial institutions, etc.

Individualized/customized training : which is generally a short training course for individuals to cover some specific areas only, e.g. training in spawn production, composting, specialty mushroom cultivation, post harvest management etc. as per the requirements of individual customers.