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The study was conducted in Sonepat and Gurgaon districts of Haryana to observe the consumption pattern of mushroom during 2003-04. Total of 100 mushroom growers, 12 wholesalers and 10 retailers were selected for the study. The study revealed that the fixed capital investment was more than double in large and medium farms as compared to small farms. The fixed cost to total cost being lowest on large farms as compared to small and medium farms implied the optimum use of fixed farm resources with that size of farm. The use of compost had positive relationship with the farm size. There existed a positive relationship between mushroom production and farm size. Large growers adopted the better management practices, which resulted them into higher net incomes, followed by medium and small farmers. The producer’s share in consumer’s rupee was highest in channel IV followed by II, III and I, respectively. The channel-I was the least efficient due to the existing of middlemen. Study suggested that mushroom cultivation is a capital intensive in nature and also increases with the increase in farm size, the financial assistance through institutional agencies at cheaper interest rate would be the desirable entity. Farmer’s co-operative marketing societies must be promoted to take care of surplus quantity of mushroom producer. Mushroom being highly perishable crop and prone to high temperature, marketing infrastructures such as cold storage facilities are of immense importance.

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