Dhaka, April 27 -- The Department of Life Sciences at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) has held a workshop on modern mushroom cultivation methods.

Cultivators and entrepreneurs from across the country attended the event on Monday, sharing their experiences and difficulties, the university said in a statement.

Mushrooms have become a promising crop, contributing both to household nutrition and income for marginal families.

However, fungal contamination continues to be a major issue, often starting in a single spawn bag and quickly spreading across entire farms.

To tackle this, Associate Professor of Life Sciences Jebunnahar Khandakar developed a new technique after nearly three years of research that prevents harmful fungal spr...