mushroom farming

“The continuous hard work does not even give you enough time to visit the washroom. It started making me feel as though I was in jail,” she recalls.

From an impoverished village woman to mushroom farmer and successful entrepreneur, Anita Devi has inspired hundreds of women in Nalanda to adopt the profitable venture of mushroom cultivation. Mohd Imran Khan takes a closer look.

Divya Rawat is using mushroom cultivation as a way of curbing migration and providing livelihoods to people in Uttarakhand. This is also helping repopulate many 'ghost villages' in the state.

Anita Kumar of Nalanda district has received the esteemed 'Jagjivan Ram Innovative Farmer's Award' this year, for her outstanding work in mushroom farming. She has not only changed her life, but has also helped several other women in becoming financially independent.