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Mushroom Production Network Node

Activities

  • Advocacy and awareness creation
    • Creation of awareness on mushroom cultivation technology and utilisation among NARES and policy makers
    • Creation of awareness on mushroom cultivation technology and utilisation among communities

  • Promotion of mushroom production
    • Train trainers in participating countries on production skills
    • Train farmers in participating countries on production skills
    • Support mushroom spawn production in participating countries
    • Develop farmers’ marketing skills and facilitate linkages of farmers to markets.

  • Creation of institutional capacity in mushroom R&D
    • Establish mushroom labs for training and research in Mozambique and Angola
    • Train 2 MSc students in mushroom science
    • Mushroom research at participating institutions

  • Conservation of mushroom germplasm
    • Establishment of gene bank in Swaziland
    • Storage and Utilisation of germplasm

  • Value addition of medicinal mushrooms
    • Establish a technology park at Unam and incubate entrepreneurs

  • Project Management
    • Organise Node Coordination Team at Unam
    • Organise Planning Workshops
    • Carry out monitoring and evaluation of project progress