The Chairman of the Mushroom Growers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria, Michael Awunor, has said that the mushroom subsector can contribute N1.8tn trillion to the country’s revenue base if effectively developed by the Federal Government.
Awunor disclosed that as a non-oil resource, the mushroom sector could boost the country’s Gross Domestic Product and create an estimated 16 million jobs for Nigerian youths and women.
He added that mushroom as an
agricultural commodity stood out among its peers due to its nutritional
and medicinal benefits.
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