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The present study was conducted on evaluating the impact of trainings on Mushroom cultivation held at Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Nellore conducted under ARYA programme which is needed for further improvement in their standard of living. A structured interview schedule consisting of statements related to their socio economic profile, knowledge gain and suggestions was used for data collection. 80 respondents from Purandharipuram and Reddipalem adapted villages of Buchireddipalem mandal and namely Chavatapalem and Sriramapuram adapted villages of venkatachalam mandal were selected for the study. Results revealed that typical trainee was a young, married, educated, low annual income, from nuclear family with agricultural and urban background, having no experience in mushroom farming and are highly participating through mass media are keen to adopt mushroom cultivation for additional income. In pre-evaluation test, the knowledge range of different participants was 18.75 per cent regarding the types of mushroom to 50 percent in mushroom recipes. Post evaluation training score of various practices ranged from 73.75 per cent in case of spawn production to 95.83 per cent in case of preservation techniques. Majority of the respondents (81.25%) suggested that quality spawn may be supplied in time. Besides, 56.25 per cent of the respondents felt that financial assistance by government should be provided for mushroom growing. Thus, it can be inferred that exposure to training had increased the knowledge of respondents related to all the sub-components of mushroom production. It may therefore, be concluded that trainees succeeded in acquiring knowledge after exposure to training on mushroom production.

Key words: Gain in Knowledge Mushroom Cultivation, Training.