Saturday, June 7, 2025
  • Contact Us
  • About BBS
  • Privacy & Policy
ENG
DZO
BBSCL Logo
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Education
  • More
    • Announcement
    • Audience Survey Report
    • Programme
    • Radio Dzo-Channel Schedule
    • Radio Mix-Channel Schedule
Radio Live
No Result
View All Result
BBSCL logo
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Education
  • More
    • Announcement
    • Audience Survey Report
    • Programme
    • Radio Dzo-Channel Schedule
    • Radio Mix-Channel Schedule
No Result
View All Result
BBSCL logo
Radio LIVE

Oyster mushroom farming – A lucrative business in Tsirang

January 30, 2023
in Business, Other Stories
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0
0
SHARES
10
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Besides agriculture and livestock production, oyster mushroom farming has become a lucrative business for some farmers in Tsirang in recent years. A better market, good price and support from the Gewog Agriculture Extension Office have encouraged farmers to grow the mushroom. Today, Kilkhorthang Gewog alone has around 30 farmers growing the mushroom. Of these, eight farmers in the gewog cultivate the mushroom for commercial purposes.

30-year-old university graduate Deepak Chamlagai is one of the farmers who ventured into mushroom farming. He started growing the mushroom in 2020.

Cramped inside the first floor of his house and two other tarpaulin huts, Deepak is busy watering his 45-day-old mushroom blocks. Initially, he tried with just 40 mushroom blocks but today his farm has over one thousand blocks.

He conceived the idea of cultivating mushrooms when he was in college.

“Because of the good market that gave me inspiration and whatever the hard work I have put in the beginning that gave a good yield. So now I have more than one thousand mushroom blocks,” said Deepak.

His mushrooms are highly sought after in Damphu town. And a kilogram of mushroom fetches him Nu 300.

“If I find a good market like before then my production will be more than one thousand kilograms which means one metric ton. So, from that, if I am able to sell with my expected price I will be earning Nu 300,000.

Deepak plans to upscale his mushroom production by more than six thousand blocks next season. But he isn’t the only mushroom grower in his gewog. Eight more farmers have ventured into growing mushrooms this time.

“We have been importing mushrooms. That’s why with the government’s support, we started growing mushrooms. We get mutton and pork in abundance but not mushrooms,” said Maha Nandal Rizal, another mushroom grower.

The Gewog Agriculture Extension Office provides farmers with free mushroom spawn, construction materials and technical support.

A number of studies have proven that the oyster mushroom has medicinal values such as boosting the immune system, lowering high blood pressure, building strong bones and regulating cholesterol levels among others.

Pema Tshewang, Tsirang

Edited by Sonam Pem

Previous Post

Nganglam dungkhag Tshechu opens to public after three years

Next Post

Empowering nuns with leadership and management skills

Next Post
Empowering nuns with leadership and management skills

Empowering nuns with leadership and management skills

Bhutan Tendrel Party declares four more candidates

Bhutan Tendrel Party declares four more candidates

Man under custody for alleged molestation of minor – Thimphu

Man under custody for alleged molestation of minor - Thimphu

Please login to join discussion

RECOMMENDED NEWS

Zhemgang chooses mostly university graduates as gups

Zhemgang chooses mostly university graduates as gups

3 years ago
5
Bhutanese social entrepreneur features in Vanity Fair Global Goals List for the first time

Bhutanese social entrepreneur features in Vanity Fair Global Goals List for the first time

2 years ago
18
Rescheduling of PHPA-I to cost government Nu 16 B

Rescheduling of PHPA-I to cost government Nu 16 B

10 years ago
1

Health Minister calls on public transports and shop owners to increase usage of the Druk Trace App

5 years ago
2

BROWSE BY CATEGORIES

  • Accidents (14)
  • Agriculture (426)
  • Announcement (174)
  • Audience Survey Report (1)
  • Business (744)
  • Crime/Legal (367)
  • Culture (47)
  • Development (51)
  • Disaster (57)
  • Economy (278)
  • Education (413)
  • Entertainment (13)
  • Environment (61)
  • Feature (65)
  • Featured (6)
  • Festival (78)
  • GMC (14)
  • Headlines (9)
  • Health (622)
  • Legal (52)
  • Literature (9)
  • Livestock (75)
  • Media (25)
  • Other Stories (5,574)
  • Politics (419)
  • RCSC (1)
  • Recent stories (5)
  • Religion (45)
  • Sci/Tech (709)
  • Social (516)
  • Sports (449)
  • Technology (190)
  • Tourism (19)
  • Uncategorized (13,866)
  • Video (136)
  • Video Story (249)
  • Wildlife (42)

BROWSE BY TOPICS

Tender Announcement Vacancy Announcement

POPULAR NEWS

  • BPC’s investigation rules out transformer short circuit as Damchhu forest fire cause

    Viral video of Bhutanese man assaulted by locals and police in Jaigaon sparks safety concerns

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Gelephu Mindfulness City opens recruitment drive for Bhutanese professionals

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Newspaper accuses DPT candidate of political ploy

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • A centenarian’s recipe to longevity

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • 40 companies risk closure over failure to submit financial reports

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
BBSCL

Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS) is Bhutan’s primary national broadcaster, delivering diverse news and entertainment in multiple languages, fostering cultural understanding and public knowledge.

Follow us on social media:

Recent News

  • Phuentshogling Thromde installs reverse vending machine to promote recycling
  • Fixed deposit interest to be taxed at 10% under proposed Income Tax Bill
  • Yonphula Specialised Rehabilitation School to open next month
  • RMA to roll out seven new measures for loan repayment support
  • National Housing Strategy to be ready by September

News Category

  • Accidents
  • Agriculture
  • Announcement
  • Audience Survey Report
  • Business
  • Crime/Legal
  • Culture
  • Development
  • Disaster
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Environment
  • Feature
  • Featured
  • Festival
  • GMC
  • Headlines
  • Health
  • Legal
  • Literature
  • Livestock
  • Media
  • Other Stories
  • Politics
  • RCSC
  • Recent stories
  • Religion
  • Sci/Tech
  • Social
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Tourism
  • Uncategorized
  • Video
  • Video Story
  • Wildlife
  • Contact Us
  • About BBS
  • Privacy & Policy

© 2024 BBSCL. All rights reserved.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Education
  • More
    • Announcement
    • Audience Survey Report
    • Programme
    • Radio Dzo-Channel Schedule
    • Radio Mix-Channel Schedule

© 2024 BBSCL. All rights reserved.