Strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats,Pests of mushroom مشروم کی زیریت اور اس کا اعلاج A Lecture By Mr Allah Dad Khan Former DG Agri Extension KPK , Visiting Professor Agriculture University Peshawar

4. A mushroom farming business can be
mean big profits in just a few weeks. Plus,
starting your own business growing oyster
mushrooms for profit is fairly easy.

6. 1. Climatic conditions congenial for
mushroom production.
2.Abundant raw material, technical pace,
3. Cheap manpower,
4.Enormous domestic market

7. 5.Coupled with government support.
6. Strategic location.
7.It takes approximately 15 weeks to
complete entire production cycle.
8. Growing mushrooms is easy and does
not require any big financial commitment
or involve cumbersome technology.

8. 9. It can be taken as a hobby, or kitchen
garden, and fulfils domestic requirements
10. Mushroom cultivation is an income-
generating activity.
11. This, on the one hand, will develop
self-reliance among the rural women .
12. The grower can sell directly to the
consumers either at the farm gate or at
local markets.

9.  13. Mushroom cultivation is attractive for the
resource-poor for two reasons. Firstly, because
mushroom cultivation can be done on any scale,
the initial financial outlay to establish a basic
cultivation system need not be very great, and
substrate materials are often free.
 14. Organic waste, such as spent mycelium
blocks, is not a real threat for the business,
because it can turn into opportunity considering its
utility for other farms. In fact it can be used as an
organic mulch or fertilizer in other horticultural or
agricultural systems, which can improve soil
structure, or it can be used as a nutritious fodder
for poultry.

10.  15. Adding value and increasing the shelf-life
of the mushrooms by creating processed
products, including dried or pickled
mushrooms, sauces, teas, extracts, etc.
 16.Mushroom cultivation can represent a
valueable small scale enterprise.
 17. sustainable harvest. Cultivation is also
independent of weather, and can recycle
agricultural by- products as composted
substrate which, in turn, can be used as
organic mulch in growing other

12. 1. Higher cost of finances
2.Packing material
3. Energy
4. Transportation.
5. Poor quality of raw materials,


13.  6.Lack of awareness.
7.Lack of Marketing
8.Lack of Technical Knowledge.
9.Lack of technical support .
10. Perishable product

15.  „1. Decline in production of mushrooms in
other countries, breaking down of
international trade barriers.
 2. Well adapted modern technologies for
production and post harvest management.
 3. Increasing awareness and liking for
mushrooms in domestic market.
 4.The country is facing the problem of
nutritional deficiency in the diet. This may be
covered by the high protein and rich nutrients
through mushroom.

16. 5.Sharing costs through informal and
formal grouping.
6.Organic Mushroom fetch high prices .
7.Small farmers and landless farmers have
great opportunity.
8. Development of mushroom production
on the basis of local demand.
9.

18.  1. Fierce competition from China ad existing
canned mushroom markets.
 2. Demand shift towards fresh mushrooms.
 3. WTO
 4.Marketing of mushroom.
 5. Insect Pests Damage .
 6. High Cost of Mushroom span.
 7.Regular supply of spawn
 8.Risk of supply exceeding demand if
markets not developed.