• Anindita Sarma

Abstract: There are hundreds of identified species of mushrooms which since time immemorial have made significant contribution towards human diet. Mushroom cultivation can help reduce vulnerability to poverty & strengthens livelihood through generation of a fast yielding and nutrition source of food and a reliable source of income. Women belonging to rural areas, socioeconomically deprived communities or minority concentrated areas suffer from various kinds of injustice & prejudice, especially when it comes to the matter of the upliftment of the social and economic status of women. Mushroom cultivation might be a very good option for them in order to develop self reliance among themselves and thus can help to a greater extent to improve their socioeconomic status so that the women will be able to stand on their own feet with dignity and pride and thus will be able to contribute to the process of societal reforms and nation building. In my present paper, a study was done on a lady who successfully established herself in this field. The study is about the struggles, motivational initiatives and her success in cultivating quantitative amount of mushrooms which resulted in a considerable increase in her income per annum and how she changed the economic scenario of her native village and the villagers. This can be taken as an inspiration for all the women in the Assam by which they will be able to live an independent life.

Mushroom, Women in Rural Assam, Tezpur, Economic status

"Mushroom Cultivation: a new way to earn livelihood for women in rural Assam", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no.20-26, December-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812804.pdf

"Mushroom Cultivation: a new way to earn livelihood for women in rural Assam", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no. pp20-26, December-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812804.pdf