Factors Influencing the Consumption of Wild and Cultivated Mushroom Species in Southwestern Nigeria
0
조회
0
다운로드
0
인용
0
참고문헌
키워드
초록
Mushroom has economic, food and medicinal value to a large proportion of human populace. This study assessed the consumption pattern of mushroom species in Southwestern Nigeria. Non-probability sampling method was used to select 20 Local Government Areas (LGAs) from 3 states and four communities were selected purposively from each LGAs. Snow-ball sampling approach was used in selecting 5 respondents from each community, making a total of 400 respondents. Descriptive statistics was used to describe the socio-economic characteristics of the respondents, to compare the differences between the local (wild) and Exotic (cultivated) mushroom Species and to determine the rate at which mushroom substitute is consumed among the mushroom consumers. Logit regression was used to identify the factors influencing mushroom consumption in the study area. Thirty percent of the respondents were aged 41 to 50 years, with mean age of 49.76 years. About 82% had tertiary education, 17.3% earned above N200,000 monthly and 8.8% spent above N6000 monthly on mushroom. Logit regression showed that age (-3.21), household size (-2.17) and medicinal benefits (-2.17) had significant (p＜0.01) negative effects on mushroom consumption. Conclusively, mushroom has wide acceptance among the general populace, good for food and medicine; hence, awareness should be created through agricultural policy on the need for mushroom cultivation and consumption in Nigeria.
Abstract
Mushroom has economic, food and medicinal value to a large proportion of human populace. This study assessed the consumption pattern of mushroom species in Southwestern Nigeria. Non-probability sampling method was used to select 20 Local Government Areas (LGAs) from 3 states and four communities were selected purposively from each LGAs. Snow-ball sampling approach was used in selecting 5 respondents from each community, making a total of 400 respondents. Descriptive statistics was used to describe the socio-economic characteristics of the respondents, to compare the differences between the local (wild) and Exotic (cultivated) mushroom Species and to determine the rate at which mushroom substitute is consumed among the mushroom consumers. Logit regression was used to identify the factors influencing mushroom consumption in the study area. Thirty percent of the respondents were aged 41 to 50 years, with mean age of 49.76 years. About 82% had tertiary education, 17.3% earned above N200,000 monthly and 8.8% spent above N6000 monthly on mushroom. Logit regression showed that age (-3.21), household size (-2.17) and medicinal benefits (-2.17) had significant (p＜0.01) negative effects on mushroom consumption. Conclusively, mushroom has wide acceptance among the general populace, good for food and medicine; hence, awareness should be created through agricultural policy on the need for mushroom cultivation and consumption in Nigeria.
참고문헌 (13)
- Adejo PE, "Attitude of Rural Farming Household towards the Consumption of Edible Mushrooms in Dekina Local Government Area, Kogi State, Nigeria", Nutri Food Sci Int J, 5, pp.555661~ (2018)
- Akpaja EO, "Ethnomycology and Usage of Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms among the Igbo People of Nigeria", Int J Med Mushrooms, 5, pp.313~319 (2003)
- Poverty and Education, "Berg SVD.", International Institute for Educational Planning, 125~ (2008)
- Wild Edible Fungi: A Global Overview of Their Use and Importance to People, "Boa ER", Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 157~ (2004)
- Burchi F, "The role of food and nutrition system approaches in tackling hidden hunger", Int J Environ Res Public Health, 8, pp.358~373 (2011)
- Escaping Poverty Traps, "Chronic Poverty Research Centre", CPRC, ~, pp.Chronic Poverty Report 2008-09 (2008)
- Janjua PZ, "The Role of Education and Income in Poverty Alleviation : A Cross-Country Analysis", Lahore J Econ, 16, pp.143~172 (2011)
- "Cities in Nigeria"[URL]
- "Over 82 Million Nigerians are Poor, Northern States Dominate List" (2020)[URL]
- NAPRECA, "The First All-Africa Scientific Conference on Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms", NAPRECA, ~ (2006)
- Sánchez A, "Biodegradation of viticulture wastes by Pleurotus: a source of microbial and human food and its potential use in animal feeding", J Agric Food Chem, 50, pp.2537~2542 (2002)
- United State International Trade Commission, "Certain Preserved Mushrooms, 2010, II-2. Industry official, telephone interview with Commission staff", ~ (2009)
- Global Status Report on Noncommunicable Diseases 2010, "World Health Organization", World Health Organization, 162~ (2011)