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Mushroom Production in Bangladesh: Present Scenario and Potentialities

Abu Saleh Mostafa Kamal
Ministry of Environment and Forest, Bangladesh Secretarial, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh

Fauzia Begum
IFST, BCSIR, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Abul Khair
Department of Botany, Jahangir Nagar University, Savar, Dhaka.

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

On the basis of structured questionnaire, a detailed survey was conducted to assess the present status of mushroom scenario in six meteorological regions of Bangladesh. Evidence showed that among the mushroom is cultivated and consumed by 97% of which Pleurotus ostreatus alone accounts for 61%. The remaining 3% which belongs to Agaricus sp.; Calocybe sp.; Volvarella spp. and Auricularia spp. are generally called Button, Milky, Paddy straw and Jew’s ear or ear mushrooms, respectively. It was also evident that available carbon source of the substrates for the cultivation of Pleurotus spp. was 76% of sawdust where frequencies of flashes were recorded more than five times in 84% cases. The commercial yield was obtained namely from Oyster mushrooms. On an average 240 gm from each of the spawn-packets which contained 400-500 gm of substrate and subsequently on an average 264963 spawn-packets were produced per month, which accounts for 620-675 tons of edible mushrooms production in Bangladesh per annum. It was also estimated that 67% of mushrooms were consumed as fresh, 22% in dried form, 10% in powered form and 1% in other forms (pickling, frying etc) as processed or preserved ones. From the results of the survey, it was also evident that above the cultivators, 34% cultivated mushrooms on account of its nutritional and medicinal values, 27% to reduce unemployment, 14% for growing mushrooms as more profitable vegetable, 14% to pass leisure time, 10% due to hobby and 1% for other reasons.

Keywords: Mushroom production, Present scenario, Potentiality

Location: Six meteorological regions of Bangladesh.

Start Date: 01-01-2006

End Date: 31-12-2007

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Commodity: Mushroom

Objectives:

To investigate considering the suitability of climatic conditions, availability of variety of mushroom substrate, potentialities and prospects, an attempt to get an overall about the present status of mushroom scenario of Bangladesh.

Methodology:

A representative sample was used and concerned fundamental parameters were taken into consideration from different angles or dimension to assess the present mushroom scenario of Bangladesh. Various influencing factors such as, temperature, humidity, specific species/strain, containment of substrates as compost or spawn, biological efficiency, total flash with seasonal variation and parameters such as preparation of mother culture and losses due to contamination were also taken into account. Since the objective of the study was to investigate the present status of mushroom scenario in Bangladesh, total producers or growers of Bangladesh was the universe under this survey From yield and production points of view, a mushroom producer /grower was regarded as a suitable sampling unit for the survey. The survey region was divided into six parts; which was treated as six distinct and independent sub-universes. A it has been well established among the abiotic factors, temperature (T) and relative humidity (RH) are the most vital parameters for mycelium running and frutification of true fungi (Mushrooms). A total of 156 producer /grower covering each region were surveyed. Considering the importance of the study in the national context, expected seven points structured questionnaires were prepared carefully for data collections. There were 33 questions were in the questionnaires with a slogan, “Providing the information regarding mushrooms to be authentic and would be used in research purpose”. The questionnaires were pretested, modified and standardized prior to conduct actual field work. Data obtained from structured questionnaires were converted to numerical figures. Statistical and mathematical formula were used in this study. For the estimation of mushroom yield/production, a formulae was developed.

Source of Information: SAARC JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE, Vol. 7, Issue 2, 2009, pp. 91-105, ISSN 1682-8348, SAARC Agricultural Information Centre.

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Achievement/Findings:

We should grow more mushrooms and if we consume it in scientific way, such effort will also make us more productive, reduce medical expenditure and able to contribute in poverty alleviation. Further studies are needed to find out endogenous more species and to optimize their culture, cultivation as well as processing and preservation keeping in view of value-added products as well as nutriceuticals.

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