Director of Horticulture Dr R. Elithung on Tuesday inaugurated the mushroom spawn production laboratory at the Horticulture department office in Tuensang. It is the sixth laboratory in Nagaland.

The laboratory is sponsored by the Union Ministry of Agriculture and implemented by the State Horticulture Department, is the sixth one in the State. Elithung said mushroom cultivation is one of the most promising cultivations amongst the horticulture activities which requires less time for cultivation and harvest. He said, “It is a very nutritious crop which is the best example of waste to wealth which can be cultivated for self-use and economic productivity." Elithung believes that the laboratory in Tuensang will be very beneficial for both the consumers and the producers.

Deputy Director, Horticulture, Bhupam Phom said every interested individual can train and get the needed spawn for mushroom cultivation for self-sustenance. It will be very helpful from the economic point of view, he added Tuensang District Agriculture Officer K. Showuba termed the installation of the laboratory as a good initiative for the farmers of Tuensang district.

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