In the Satrise stand at the trade floor.
Roland van Doremaele (Christiaens Group) (l) talking to Davide Ranzato (Vierrebi).
Manjit Sing and Sina Shirke enjoying good food in the rooftop bar.
concept of ‘Waste to Wealth’ - energy extrac- tion from lignocellulosic biomass. After lunch, Bart Aerts showed solutions that Fancom’s products provide for many of the issues faced during different phases of growing and Ronald van Doremaele gave an overview of Christiaens Group, a market leading turnkey supplier and their view on the future of mushroom cultivation. Davide Ranzato (Vierrebi) did the same for his company in Italy, and Mehdi Kondori for the family company CompoKIF in Turkey.
Farm challenges The concluding day of the event started with a panel on ‘Challenges of Mushroom Farm Management’, chaired by Dr. Loveleet Rana. Mr. Sandeep, Weikfield Mushrooms, talked about the different raw materials used for mushroom cultivation, the challenges associated and solutions that can be implemented to combat these problems. Next, Dutta Rai Kulkarni talked about how the Indian mushroom industry can be improved in terms of focus, production and raw materials used. Sunil Verma gave a
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lecture about the important aspects of the Agaricus cultivation process, with a special focus on hygiene. Next, Dr. Rekha Mehrotra (Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women), began her address with providing an insight into the Mushroom Cultivation Program being conducted in the College. She mentioned the key challenges in the Indian industry: adoption of advanced technologies, focus on sustainability, export oriented production and education. According to her, the future of India as a mushroom superpower is promising and possible. This was followed by a talk given by Dr. Rana about the different chemical signals released during the production of basidiocarps such as button mushrooms and how these can be used to enhance production. Next, Prof. Sunil Srivastava presented a talk on the anticancer properties of different medicinal mushrooms and Mr. Santosh K. Mishra showed how mushroom cultivation in Odisha contributes to empowering women by providing them employment opportunities. The panel program was concluded by Mr. Sunil Verma, who talked about his experience in cultivation of Ganoderma and its health benefits.
A big thanks Following the talks, the valedictory session was held in the Multipurpose Hall, where medals and certificates were distributed to participants and volunteers by Atul Saxena and Ms. Rekha Mehrotra. They thanked all of the exhibitors, visitors and sponsors and Milkyway Spawn for a successful event. According to Magda Verfaillie the main goal of the conference, bringing professionals from India and beyond together and exchanging valuable information was certainly reached, and foreign participants could get a taste of the wonderful culinary and musical culture of India, although the somewhat chaotic schedule of the conference, a great initiative in many ways, could be somewhat improved.
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