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Productivity of rice and wheat, the major crops of the state, is reported to have approached a plateau and farm income is reported to be stagnant. There is need to promote different auxiliary enterprises among farmers. Keeping all these things in view study on prospects of mushroom cultivation in Punjab was conducted. From six clusters, two clusters were selected randomly. From these two clusters 90 farmers were selected randomly for the purpose of this study. An interview schedule was prepared for collection of data. Data were collected personally by the researcher. Majority had adopted mushroom cultivation as main occupation (63%), obtained information from friends. Regarding experience in mushroom cultivation majority of the farmers (43.33 %) had experience of 7-14 years. More than 25 per cent of the respondents were willing to decrease their area under mushroom cultivation and only 3.33 per cent of the respondents had plan to keep area constant under mushroom cultivation
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Anonymous, 2014. Statement Showing the Districtwise Production of Mushroom in the State of Punjab for the year 2011-12. Retrieved from http://punjabhorticulture.com/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/document/Mushroom/Mushroom_2011-12.pdf on 19/5/2014.
Kadam, K. R. and Borse, A. V., 1993. Adoption behavior of banana growers. Maha J Ext Edu 12: 45-56.
Kher, S. K., 1991. Adoption behavior of rainfed maize growers. Maha J Ext Edu 10: 271-73.
Lanjewar, D. M. and Rathore, M. K., 2007. Utility perception about ICT among farmers. Asian J of Ext Edu 27: 95-101.
Sharma, D., 1996. Adoption of selected recommended practices of mango growers in Punjab. Ph. D. Thesis submitted to Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana India.
Singh, B. B. and Parshad, R. B., 1990 Farmers choice of information sources and knowledge of technology of afforestation of salt affected soils. Ind J Ext Edu26: 92-94.
Singh, M., 1989. Structure and functioning of Punjab Kisan club- A case study. M.Sc Thesis submitted to Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana India
Suraj, J. S., 1996. Adoption gap between recommended practices and practices followed by the pear growers of Jalandhar district, Punjab. M. Sc Thesis submitted to Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana India