J&K: Women In Baramulla Getting Empowered By Mushroom Cultivation

Baramulla: A group of women living in this north Kashmir town abutting the India-Pakistan LoC are scripting a success story by growing mushrooms in their homes and using the sale profit to fund their education and other needs.

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The agriculture office of the district, located along the banks of the Jhelum river, launched a "vertical farming" programme along with women self help groups (SHGs) about two years back and the initiative is now bearing fruit.

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"We have 88 mushroom farming clusters in this district as part of which 22 women have been engaged till now. The aim is to financially empower the women within their household, where they spend their maximum time," Yadvinder Singh, the chief agriculture officer of the district, said. (PTI) 

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