The document discusses empowering women through mushroom cultivation. It defines empowerment as women gaining control over their choices and outlines how it can occur at individual, household, community, and societal levels. Mushroom technology depends on factors like awareness, training access, and initial capital. Women are empowered through training, demonstrations, and utilizing them for an income-generating activity. Empowerment results in economic benefits, improved living standards, self-confidence, and women taking part in community problem-solving and decision making.

2. Mushroom Production
(Woman Empowerment through Mushroom
Cultivation )
A
Series of Lectures
Delivered to Mushroom Trainee
( Male/Female)
At University of Agriculture Peshawar
By
Mr Allah Dad Khan Former DG Agriculture
Extension KPK , Visiting Professor the University
of Agriculture Peshawar Pakistan

4. Concept
 The concept of empowerment is defined as the
process by which women take control and ownership
of their choices The core elements of empowerment
have been defined as agency (the ability to define
one’s goals and act upon them), awareness of
gendered power structures, self-esteem, and self-
confidence .

5. Empowerment at different level
 Empowerment can take place at a hierarchy of
different levels – individual, household, community
and societal – and is facilitated by providing
encouraging factors (e.g. exposure to new activities,
which can build capacities) and removing inhibiting
factors (e.g. lack of resources and skills)

10. Mushroom Technology Depend on
 1. Awareness about Mushroom Cultivation .
 2.Lack of awareness about Mushroom Nutrition
 3.Lack of access to Training Facilities .
 4. Capacity Building .
 5.Initial capital / finances

11. How Women Empowered
 1. Awareness creation and motivation to adopt mushroom
cultivation as an income generating activity.
 2.Training at the door step to impart skill
 3.Practical application and demonstration
 4.Utilization of women folk as women are considered as the
most disadvantages group.
 5.Technical support and staff for women activities.
 6. Became a source to build organization, strengthened the
management capabilities and promoted women self-reliance;
and
 7. Raised consciousness and awareness among the people and
in the government focusing on the most neglected areas
related to women.
 8.Special projects for women empowerment initiated.

12. Sustainability of activity of Mushroom cultivation
 1.Orientation of the women.
 2.Spreading of information
 3.More training support may be provided as and
when necessary.
 4.Spreading the technology through adaptation.

13. Sustainability of activity of Mushroom cultivation
 5.Keeping up the activities.
 6.Promotion of mushroom as a cottage industry.
 7. Formation of women organizations.
 8.Post training evaluation.

14. Through Empowerment of Woman we
get the following results
 1.Economic empowerment and reduction in
malnutrition.
 2.Improved standard of living and self reliant livelihood.
 3.Self confidence
 4.Enhance awareness
 5.Sense of achievement
 6.Increased social interaction
 7.Involvement in solving problems related to women
community.
 8.Decision making capacity in family and community.

15.  9.Bioconversion of agriculture waste.
 10. Mushrooms can be grown by households in a
sustainable way to create a source of livelihood,
improve nutrition, and empower women.

16.  Mushroom farming is a viable cottage agricultural
activity because it requires minimal investment, and
has a very short growth period.