Commercial Cultivation of Edible Mushrooms in Nigeria

Okungbowa, F. I.

doi:10.1615/intjmedmushrooms.v7.i3.800

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“…According to Okungbowa [7] past unpalatable experiences with poisonous mushrooms, people are skeptical about their safety. As a result, the consumption of wild mushrooms is now becoming unpopular except for a few species of Pleurotus and Auricularia that are so common that their identity cannot be mistaken.…”

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Attitude of Rural Farming Household towards the Consumption of Edible Mushrooms in Dekina Local Government Area, Kogi State, Nigeria

Pe¹

2018

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The study was carried out to examine the attitude of rural farming households toward the consumption of edible mushrooms in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, Nigeria. A total of 160 respondents were randomly selected for the study. Data collected through the use of interview schedule were subjected to descriptive statistics and binary logit regression model. Result shows that most (70.4%) of respondents were in their youthful ages, mostly (70.30%) male dominated and have attained one form of formal education or the other. It was indicted that majority (80.00%) highly preferred to consume mushrooms with 63.10% prefering to consume it in its parboiled dietetic form. About 63.00% of the respondents said mushrooms were normally consumed as a close substitute to meat or fish and also claimed to consume it for medicinal purpose. Analysis on the logit regression shows that age and sex had positive effects, while education had negative effects on their preference for the consumption of mushrooms. It is recommended that both public and private extension agent (with help of nutrition/home economics subject matter specialists) should create awareness and encourage consumption mushrooms and training on how to cultivate mushrooms.

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Attitude of Rural Farming Household towards the Consumption of Edible Mushrooms in Dekina Local Government Area, Kogi State, Nigeria

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2018

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“…The authors stressed further that the crop is edible and source of foreign exchange, hence, its global demand. Okungbowa (2005) noted that some of the mushrooms grow in the soil, others grow out of the soil and that people seems to be skeptical to consuming mushrooms. This skepticism is as a result of their past experience where poisonous mushrooms were mistaken for non-poisonous mushrooms and then consumed by the people.…”

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Determining rural farmers' income: A case of mushroom farming in North Central Nigeria

S.M. Ayodele,

G.F. Okwuokenye,

M.N. Chukwu

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The study appraised the involvement of rural farmers in mushroom farming as a paradigm shift for economic development in North Central, Nigeria. The study used 389 respondents sampled through multi-stage sampling technique from three States and the Federal Capital Territory. Descriptive statistics and t-test were used to analyse the data collected. Results showed that the farming of mushroom in the study area was dominated by males, who were married and were well educated. They were young and active with an average household size of 5 persons. The farmers had high levels of involvement in mushroom production and the average income earned by the farmers before and after adding mushroom to their crops were N360,539.58 and N426,092.55, respectively. It was found that mushroom farming attracted a reasonable amount of income because about N65,552.97 was the difference in the average income earned by the farmers after adding mushroom to their crop production activities. Several coping strategies like formation of cooperative groups and engagement of extension agents in training farmers on input use were very important strategies that could help boost mushroom production and the respondents also acknowledged that income generated from mushroom production can help them to alleviate their poverty levels. The study recommended that farmers that are into mushroom production should be encouraged to form cooperative groups so that they can be able to pull their resources together and build a strong base for information sourcing and dissemination as well as getting financial support for their farming activities.

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Commercial Cultivation of Edible Mushrooms in Nigeria

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Attitude of Rural Farming Household towards the Consumption of Edible Mushrooms in Dekina Local Government Area, Kogi State, Nigeria

Attitude of Rural Farming Household towards the Consumption of Edible Mushrooms in Dekina Local Government Area, Kogi State, Nigeria

Determining rural farmers' income: A case of mushroom farming in North Central Nigeria

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