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Title: | Soybean residue utilization through Mushroom (Pleurotus) cultivation: Avenue of additional income, value addition and waste disposal. |
Other Titles: | Not Available |
Authors: | 1. Khandekar N and Verma R. K. |
ICAR Data Use Licennce: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/PDF/ICAR_Data_Use_Licence.pdf |
Author's Affiliated institute: | ICAR::Directorate of Soybean Research |
Published/ Complete Date: | 2018-02-01 |
Project Code: | Not Available |
Keywords: | Soybean Residue management, Mushroom production |
Publisher: | Not Available |
Citation: | Not Available |
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Abstract/Description: | Agricultural residues, commonly considered as agro-waste are produced in huge quantities every year throughout the world. It is estimated that India produces nearly 436 million tones of primary agro-residue (Mural et al, 2015) out of which, almost 50 percent finds application for various agricultural and industrial purposes like animal feedstock, paper industry, roofing material and energy generation. However the remaining, by and large, treated by farmers as waste, is burnt in the field and has immense negative impact on the agro-ecosystem. It is therefore, the need of the hour to bring more and more crop residues in use to help improve soil condition, crop productivity, environmental sustainability, alternate income to name a few. An intermediary step could be added to the method of disposal of residue i.e. growing mushrooms. It is highly efficient method of disposing agriculture wastes and simultaneously producing nutritious food with excellent nutritional and medicinal value. Although, they are commonly consumed in Asian and western countries, however, in India the consumption is very low due to its non availability in common stores and high cost. Further, they not only are nutritionally rich and have medicinal properties, but the spent mushroom substrate (SMS) also could be used for bio-composting, as is easily digestible due to improvement in quality of straw. This takes place by degrading lignin, cellulose, hemicelluloses, tannin and crude fiber in the straw and making it as an ideal animal feed. Thus, SMS can be used for soil remediation, as animal feed, extraction of enzymes, pelleting for use as fuel to name a few. Soybean is one of the major oilseed crop of India covering an area of 11.4 million hectare with a production of 13.79 million tons during 2016-17 (Soybean news, 2017). Soybean straw is found to be a suitable agro-waste for oyster mushroom cultivation. This can also be considered not only an excellent mean of utilization of the agro-residue, but as an agri-business for the rural people to improve their financial status, health and to overall development of livelihood. Seemingly, mushroom cultivation can help reduce vulnerability to poverty and strengthen livelihood through the generation of a fast yielding and nutritious source of food and a reliable source of income to a certain extent. |
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ISSN: | Not Available |
Type(s) of content: | Policy Bond |
Sponsors: | Not Available |
Language: | English |
Name of Journal: | National Conference on ‘Organic Waste Management for Food and Environmental Security’ ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Sciences |
Volume No.: | Not Available |
Page Number: | Not Available |
Name of the Division/Regional Station: | Crop Production |
Source, DOI or any other URL: | Not Available |
URI: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/6583 |
Appears in Collections: | CS-DSBR-Publication |
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