The founder of EHB Eco-Mushroom Farming, Priscilla Eyram Morny, has encouraged farmers to venture into mushroom farming, as it presents some financial breakthroughs and sustainable income for the youth.
According to her, about 72 tonnes of mushrooms are needed annually in the country for consumption, due to its health-conscious meals, where people are using it to replace other proteins.
Speaking to The Ghanaian Farmer’s Enyonam Manye, Eyram shockingly revealed that Ghana imports canned mushrooms from different parts of the world to meet its increasing demand.
“Ghana needs about six tonnes of mushrooms every month to meet consumer demands. We are therefore encouraging a lot of farmers to invest their resources into mushroom farming to meet consumer demands and cut down on the importation of mushrooms from China, the Netherlands, and other countries,” she added.
Talking about value addition to dried mushrooms, she said mushrooms can be dried to increase their shelf life.
“We can dry out mushrooms by direct sunlight or through solar hydration. We can also add value to our harvested mushrooms by turning them into finished goods like mushroom powders, cookies, ‘shito’, amongst others,” Madam Eyram reiterated.
Ending her conversation with Enyonam Manye, the EHB Eco-Mushroom Farming called on the Agric ministry to support mushroom farmers with “favourable policies that can enable exportation of mushrooms, making avenues for younger people to learn mushroom farming and also logistics like solar power plants to provide favourable conditions for mushroom farming.”
Reporting by Stephen Freeman, Accra.
