Turkey: Idle high school classes become mushroom production center for women in Afyonkarahisar

There is a strong demand for mushrooms produced in the classes of an idle high school by the women's cooperative established in Bayat district of Afyonkarahisar. 22 women received training on "mushroom production" at the Women's Culture House established in the district under the leadership of Afyonkarahisar Governor Gökmen Çiçek. Bayat Women's Cooperative was established to enable women who successfully completed their education to realize what they learned. Eight of the first women who applied to the cooperative were made members. Under the umbrella of the cooperative, 8 women who redesigned two classes of an idle high school in the district as a mushroom shop and some classes as a packaging unit with a cold storage, started to grow oyster mushrooms about 30 days ago with the support of the District Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry. There is a high demand for the mushrooms that women entrepreneurs start harvesting. Bayat District Governor Ömer Tekeş told Anadolu Agency ...