Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-9600
ISSN: 2155-9600
Department of Horticulture, Debre Berhan University College of Agriculture and Natural Resource Science, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia
Review Article
Mushroom Production in Ethiopian and its Significance in Ethiopian Food Access: A Review Paper
Author(s): Kebede Tedila Tadesse*
The review is assessed in Debre Berhan University college of agriculture and natural resource science and it mainly focuses on the importance of mushroom cultivation in Ethiopia, how its cultivation starts in Ethiopia rather than hunting mushrooms in the forest and its challenge and future opportunities in the country. The production of horticultural crops like mushrooms is economically rewarding in this changing world. From the overall review assessment, the production of mushrooms has great significance for the attainment of food and nutritional security, medicinal value, bio-conservation and soil fertility in Ethiopia. The production of mushrooms becomes more important for Ethiopia as it has favorable agro-climatic regions that favor its production and its production substrate is simply waste agricultural by-products. The use of waste by-products as mushroom substrates on the other.. View More»