Farmer List Benefits Of Mushroom Consumption

A farmer, Chief Moore Chinda, has advised Nigerians to consume mushrooms to enhance their health.

“Mushroom is the best food for our health. It will be to the benefit of the country when everybody, from Mr President to the common man on the street, eats mushrooms,’’ Chinda said in Port Harcourt, adding that Mushroom is a cleanser and a source of vitamins,’’

He said that the consumption of mushrooms by the citizenry would help to create a healthy and strong workforce that would increase the nation’s Gross Domestic Product.

He said that it was more economical and cheaper to consume mushrooms than meat.

Chinda expressed worry that a small quantity of mushrooms was produced in the country and stressed the need to sensitise Nigerians to the importance and implications of consuming mushrooms.

“We are not producing enough mushroom to even feed the people of Rivers; we produce not more than 200 to 300kg per day in the state. There is need to produce more,’’ he said.