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Five women mushroom farmers who started from a room and now earn lakhsFarming

Five women mushroom farmers who started from a room and now earn lakhs

Mushroom farming is a profitable agribusiness because of low investment and good market rates. Many women entrepreneurs who started farming oyster, button and milky white mushrooms from their homes now earn lakhs monthly. Here are five of them

By Chandhini R & Rashmi Pratap
Mar 08, 2025 00:01 IST 3 Min read
Rajamma has conserved around 120 varieties of native seeds and can turn around a barren land in 10 monthsFarming
This Karnataka woman farmer turns leased barren lands into lush green fields using native seeds
By Sravasti Datta
Mar 07, 2025 00:05 IST 5 Min read
Vidhu Rajeev's farm integrates dairy and poultry farming with the cultivation of veggies and spicesFarming
How this Kerala woman turned barren land into a Rs2-crore agribusiness
By Chandhini R
Mar 05, 2025 00:08 IST 5 Min read
Rama Kumari Pandey at her lab (left) and mushrooms grown from her lab's spawns (right)Farming
With Rs150 investment, how this housewife built a mushroom business earning Rs3 lakh per month
By Rashmi Pratap
Mar 03, 2025 00:03 IST 4 Min read
Bijay Kumar Bir quit his job for beekeeping in Angul, OdishaFarming
From Rs17,000 salary to Rs17 lakh annual turnover, how beekeeping changed the fortunes of this Odisha man
By Niroj Ranjan Misra
Feb 26, 2025 00:17 IST 4 Min read
Mohit Nijhawan at his microgreens unit in ChandigarhFarming
This man quit his high-paying MNC job to grow microgreens; clocks Rs12 lakh monthly turnover from a 500 sq ft room
By Rashmi Pratap
Feb 24, 2025 00:02 IST 4 Min read
Jhola Kundis facilitate regular irrigation and increase farmer incomesFarming
How water harvesting through ‘jhola kundis’ is doubling incomes of tribal farmers in Koraput
By Niroj Ranjan Misra
Feb 21, 2025 00:01 IST 4 Min read
vikash verma with mushroomFarming
Haryana farmer grows mushrooms in huts; clocks Rs 2.25 crore annual turnover
By Riya Singh
Feb 19, 2025 00:17 IST 4 Min read
Divya Lohakare Holey and her husband Akshay Holey at their saffron unit in Nagpur, MaharashtraFarming
Nagpur couple grows saffron in 400 sq ft room; annual revenues at Rs40 lakh
By Rashmi Pratap
Feb 17, 2025 00:01 IST 4 Min read
Biplab Das, an MBA grad from IIM-Bangalore, pursues organic farming in the Sundarbans Farming
MBA from IIM-Bangalore takes up organic farming in Sundarbans; empowers local farmers
By Sravasti Datta
Feb 14, 2025 00:01 IST 5 Min read
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