Mushroom Research and Development Initiative (MRADI): L.E.A.R.N (Love Environment and Reliable Nutriceuticals) Program on helping to teach new opportunities to youths addicted to drugs abuse at FREE AT LAST SOBER HOUSE Morogoro.

Mushroom Research and Development Initiative (MRADI):

L.E.A.R.N (Love Environment and Reliable Nutriceuticals) Program on helping to teach new opportunities to youths addicted to drugs abuse at FREE AT LAST SOBER HOUSE Morogoro.

Mushroom Research and Development Initiative (MRADI):
L.E.A.R.N (Love Environment and Reliable Nutriceuticals) Program on helping to teach new opportunities to youths addicted to drugs abuse at FREE AT LAST SOBER HOUSE Morogoro.The program is one of community projects to be accomplished within this year.

Mushroom research, cultivation and development are an initiative of Love Environment And Reliable Nutriceuticals (L.E.A.R.N) Programme funded by Mamaland Mushroom Farms (2015) and Afrikasili Mushroom Research, Training and Development Centre.
L.E.A.R.N Program aims to catalyze the application of Science and Technology towards food security and the creation of employment opportunities especially for rural women and the unemployed youth. The concept includes enhancement of people’s health and socio-economic welfare; the production of sustainable development and environmental regeneration in rural and urban communities. 

L.E.A.R.N Program aims at providing affordable options that are viable and suitable to generate income that can contribute to the reduction of poverty for the people in Tanzania’s rural and urban communities by promoting mushroom farming and mushroom consumption. Thus the project further aims to transfer scientific technology and skills to communities to make productive use of byproducts of agricultural food processing otherwise deemed a waste. Within the Afrikasili Mushroom Research, Training and Development Centre (AMRTDC) and Mamaland Mushroom Farms(2015), the L.E.A.R.N Program focuses on mushroom research by domestication of indigenous edible and medicinal mushrooms as well as product development from cultivated indigenous and exotic mushrooms.

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MAMALAND ONLINE MUSHROOM PRODUCTION COURSE (MOMPC): AN E-AGRICULTURE CONNECTS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MYCOLOGICAL SCIENCES IN AFRICA.

MAMALAND ONLINE MUSHROOM PRODUCTION COURSE (MOMPC): 

AN E-AGRICULTURE CONNECTS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MYCOLOGICAL SCIENCES IN AFRICA.

Mamaland Online Mushroom Production Course deliver the freedom to learn and the tools to succeed, empowering you knowledge and boost your career in mushroom industry. Flexible learning on your schedule. It is known to all that Mamaland Online Mushroom Production Course is the best and largest online course in the Tanzania.
Therefore, many farmers are looking forward to going to this online and on-farms school for further mycological education. Mamaland Online Mushroom Production Course which is a part of this Mamaland Mushroom Farms (2015) provides more than 30 farmers and certification to their learners through the internet. Main majors of the Mamaland Online Mushroom Production Course includes MUSHROOM PRODUCTION COURSE (APPLIED MYCOLOGY 001), MUSHROOM PURE CULTURE PRODUCTION COURSE (APPLIED MYCOLOGY 002), PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN MUSHROOM PRODUCTION COURSE, CONTROL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN MUSHROOM PROJECTS and Short course on Mushroom enterprise development in Tanzania: A Value Chain Approach.
In the competitive society, we have to face a lot of difficulties and challenges every day. In order to catch up with the fast pace of the society, everyone needs higher education. However, things usually go against what we have expected. Many people have no enough time or money to go back to university for receiving education. They have to make a living by themselves or take care of their children. If you are among those people who are chasing their initial dream always, you can ask the Mamaland Online Mushroom Production Course for a help.

Info about the Mamaland Online Mushroom Production Course Admission and Courses.
Mamaland Online Mushroom Production Course provides various courses for farmers in different learning levels. And the admission of Mamaland Online Mushroom Production Course is non-competitive. Farmers who are considering taking the Mamaland Online Mushroom Production Courses have to submit one admission application form.

Bear in Mind:
The following is about Mamaland Online Mushroom Production Courses are available to different learning levels.

Short Course(s): Short course on Mushroom enterprise development in Tanzania: A Value Chain Approach.

Benefits of Taking the Mamaland Online Mushroom Production Courses.
For farmers who choose to take the Mamaland Online Mushroom Production Course courses, they will enjoy a lot of benefits.
• Similar to some other online education, Mamaland Online Mushroom Production Course offer flexible course schedule which allows all their farmers to take the online course wherever an internet access can be connected.
• The student – teacher ratio is relatively high, say 1:5.
• Various majors can be chosen according to the farmers’ interests and social needs.
• All the online teachers are very patient to help their farmers to understand more about their lessons and to solve academic problems.
• Online courses feature a variety of online discussions and activities, which can ease the serious online class atmosphere.

Notice:
Although, the Mamaland Online Mushroom Production Course courses can be reached in a relatively flexible way, farmers had better make a well arranged study plan and keep it. To some extent, the eased learning environment may be a drawback for receiving your education.

Mode of Delivery.
The course consists of lectures, digital books, direct discussion and field videos. The course is structured around mushroom value chain with a focus on mushroom production and husbandry, processing and distribution of mushroom and mushroom products.

Participation Fee.
The participation fees is Tshs 50,000/= for complete production course and frequently learning + continuous support in your projects + to join our mushroom production network. Other fees are shown in an attached Service quotation.

Application.
Interested paarticipants should pay fee ANYTIME through the Mobile account provided hereunder.

Halopesa: Halopesa Service,
Account Name: MAMALAND MUSHROOM.
Account Number: 0621 080 300.
For international clients, they can pay through Moneygram or Western Union.

Certificates.
Certificates of attendance will be issued to all participants.

Join to grab opportunities.
Anywhere, Anytime.

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FOUR STEPS FOR SUCCESSFUL MUSHROOM FARMING BUSINESS.

FOUR STEPS FOR SUCCESSFUL MUSHROOM FARMING BUSINESS.

Step 1: Determine your starting size.
Begin with a clear goal of how many mushrooms you want to grow. This should include the amount of pounds of mushrooms per week, what species you want to grow, and the capacity you have for investment in cash flow.
Realize that the mushroom poundage you want to grow dictates the space you will need. These numbers will also give you an idea of how many customers you will need to sustain your business and how many mushrooms you will need to have in the production at all times.
Furthermore, the species you plan on growing dictates the process and equipment you will need, and time it takes to grow. We recommend most people to start with oyster because of the quick crop cycle. Oyster mushrooms are aggressive colonizers that can outgrow contamination, making them a great mushroom to start with. They also offer a pretty high yield that can be grown in a variety of methods, like straw.

Step 2: Focus on learning mushroom farming technology.
There are lots of steps to learn and perfect for the indoor farming process opposed to outdoor mushroom growing. It’s important to focus your efforts on one or two species and mastering that, then diversifying from there. Don’t try to do it all from the beginning. Bringing in mushroom bags to work on your volume; then work with a variety of other species. More can be brought in-house once you have a grasp on these first steps.

Step 3: Have a clear vision and mission.
Having a clear vision will ultimately help in your decision making process. Our mission is: “Fighting back Against Malnutrition and Save lives”.

Step 4: Prioritizing is imperative to success in mushroom farming.
There are a lot of processes within commercial mushrooms farming. Don’t do them all from the start. Learn to prioritize and work only with the processes you need now, and don’t be afraid to fail. It’s good to have some minor failures to learn from in mushroom farming. Remember, patience and persistence is your biggest ally along the journey. Welcome to the Industry.

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FUNGI AND PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY: THE DISCOVERY OF CYCLOSPORINE FROM TOLYPOCLADIUM INFLATUM.

FUNGI AND PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY: THE DISCOVERY OF CYCLOSPORINE FROM TOLYPOCLADIUM INFLATUM.

Fungal species have an immense contribution owing to their potential to carry out the bio-transformations and drug synthesis in diverse conditions and in an eco-friendly manner. Advancement in the biotechnological processes has accelerated the process. Genome sequence information of various fungal species has opened newer avenues for improved and faster drug targeting and designing. The review highlights the production of pharmaceutical drugs and drug intermediates like antibiotics, anti-cancer, anti-cholesterol, anti-diabetic, immunosuppressant, anti-anxiety, anti-virals and many other drugs from fungus. Many of these have been commercialized and there are many more which are either in research or in clinical trial phase. There is a need to exploit and explore the vast biota of fungi in the hope of discovering untapped therapeutic uses of the earth’s countless species of fungus.
Cyclosporine was discovered in 1969. It's produced by a soil mold called Tolypocladium inflatum. In 1996 it was discovered that this mold is actually a stage in the life of a fungus known as Cordyceps subsessilis, which is a parasite of beetles. The soil stage of the fungus is much more common than the parasitic stage.

Cyclosporine is an immunosuppressant. It decreases the activity of the immune system, reducing the probability that it will attack and destroy an organ or tissue coming from another person. The immune system normally protects us from cells and particles that don't belong in our body. By preventing the immune system from doing its job in the case of a transplant, cyclosporine is a potential life-saver. There is a drawback to the drug, however. While taking the medication a patient may be more susceptible to infections because their immune system is hampered.
Cyclosporine is also prescribed for some cases of psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis, especially when these conditions haven't responded to other treatments. These are all autoimmune disorders, conditions in which the immune system is overactive and mistakenly attacks the body's own tissues. Dampening the response of the immune system can relieve a patient's symptoms. 

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Mushroom Research and Development Initiative (MRADI): L.E.A.R.N (Love Environment and Reliable Nutriceuticals) Program as Mind-tool on helping to teach mushroom farming opportunities as an alternative to destructive human activities destroy natural envinronment of ULUGURU ARC MOUNTAIN.

Mushroom Research and Development Initiative (MRADI): 

L.E.A.R.N (Love Environment and Reliable Nutriceuticals) Program as Mind-tool on helping to teach mushroom farming opportunities as an alternative to destructive human activities destroy natural envinronment of ULUGURU ARC MOUNTAIN.

 

Most of the mushrooms growing on the forest floor are intimately linked to trees by symbiosis. This association, called mycorrhiza, occurs between the root ends of a tree and the vegetative system of a mushroom. Mycorrhiza benefits both organisms: there is an exchange of nutrients, one providing to other what it cannot synthesize or extract from the soil by itself. In general, the mushroom helps the tree extract minerals and water from the soil; in exchange, the tree supplies the mushroom with sugar compounds (carbohydrates).
Mushrooms cannot synthesize their own food from the sun’s energy like plants. They lack chlorophyll – the substance which permits plants to use sunlight to form sugars from the water and carbon dioxide in the air. Mushrooms therefore had to develop special methods of living: symbiosis, saprophytism and parasitism.
Saprophytism is another important living method for mushrooms, especially for species which grow on lawns, on rotting wood or on excrement. Here the mushroom’s role is one of decomposition. It feeds itself by digesting the organic matter and at the same time returns nutrients to the soil.
Finally, some mushrooms are parasites. There are several kinds of parasitism, ranging from the species which attacks a healthy host (tree, plant or insect) and lives on it without killing it, to the kind which attacks only unhealthy hosts, thereby hastening their death. 

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FUNGI AND PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY: THE DISCOVERY OF PENICILLIN FROM PENICILLIUM.

FUNGI AND PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY: THE DISCOVERY OF PENICILLIN FROM PENICILLIUM.

Penicillin one of the world’s first antibiotics was discovered in London in September of 1928. Penicillin is a group of antibiotics which include penicillin G, penicillin V, procaine penicillin, and benzathine penicillin. Dr. Alexander Fleming, the bacteriologist on duty at St. Mary’s Hospital, returned from a summer vacation in Scotland to find a messy lab bench and a good deal more.

Upon examining some colonies of Staphylococcus aureus, Dr. Fleming noted that a mold called Penicillium notatum had contaminated his Petri dishes. After carefully placing the dishes under his microscope, he was amazed to find that the mold prevented the normal growth of the staphylococci.
It took Fleming a few more weeks to grow enough of the persnickety mold so that he was able to confirm his findings. His conclusions turned out to be phenomenal: there was some factor in the Penicillium mold that not only inhibited the growth of the bacteria but, more important, might be harnessed to combat infectious diseases.
As Dr. Fleming famously wrote about that red-letter date: “When I woke up just after dawn on September 28, 1928, I certainly didn’t plan to revolutionize all medicine by discovering the world’s first antibiotic, or bacteria killer. But I guess that was exactly what I did.”
Fourteen years later, in March 1942, Anne Miller became the first civilian patient to be successfully treated with penicillin, lying near death at New Haven Hospital in Connecticut, after miscarrying and developing an infection that led to blood poisoning. As we celebrate Alexander Fleming’s great accomplishment, we will recall that penicillin also required the midwifery of Dr. Howard Florey, Dr. Ernst Chain and Dr. Norman Heatley, as well as an army of laboratory workers.

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MAMALAND MUSHROOM FARMS COOKING COMPETITION- (July 1-Aug 1, 2018).

MAMALAND MUSHROOM FARMS COOKING COMPETITION- (July 1-Aug 1, 2018).

General Overview.
The aim of the competition organized by Mamaland Mushroom Farms is to discover new culinary talents from the participating customers. Although the competition will be held at each participant's kitchen, the clean kitchen should not be ignored.

The premises.
The competition will be held at each participant's kitchen.
There is no limitation to number of participants.

The competition.
Purpose: To prepare a dish using products placed in a competition box. Each participant will receive the same amount of the same products.
The Competition boxes may contain:
Mushroom, Vegetables, spices.

Rules.
Participants shall not be allowed to join the competition after the scheduled starting time.
Participants under the influence of alcohol or drugs, shall not be allowed to take part in the competition.

Mamaland Mushroom Farms will provide the participants with:
-Mushroom and products required for the preparation of mushroom foods (Selling competition box).
-Badges.
-For the sake of organization during the competition, badges will be issued for the participants.

Mamaland Mushroom Farms will take the responsibility:
-To organize culinary demonstrations at Mamaland Mushroom Farms after the competition;
-To assist in the organization of other events accompanying the competition;
-To provide staff and support during the culinary competition at Mamaland Mushroom Farms.
-To provide badges, promotional materials and certificates;
-To provide products for the competition;
-To provide the necessary equipment;
To organize all the activities related to conducting the First competition for environmentally friendly cooking at Mamaland Mushroom Farms;

Deadline.
The deadline of submitting recipes, picture and videos will be Aug 1, 2018. The winner will be announced in Aug 8,2018.

Mamaland Mushroom Farms Cooking Award.
First Award:
- Featured in Our magazine,
-Free mushroom cultivation course at Mamaland Mushroom Farms,
-Mushroom Special Gift Box.

Second award:
-Ten packets of our delicious mushroom.
-Our branded T-shirt.

This is our unique cooking competition, it will be conducted straight from your kitchen. This year is for Tanzanian candidates only, we are striving to conduct for our friends, partners and customers outside Tanzania on coming year. All you need to do is to buy our competition box which has number of candidate. Take clear pictures, videos and written recipes of your creativity. Relax and Enjoy.

Recipes, picture and videos must sent via our contacts below:-

Mamaland Mushroom Farms (2015).
E-Mail:-Mamalandmushroomproject@gmail.com,
Phone: +255621-080300.
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Fight Back Against Malnutrition,Save Lives.
Mushroom is Therapy.
#Mushroom_Is_Therapy.

MAMALAND ONLINE MUSHROOM PRODUCTION COURSE (MOMPC): AN E-AGRICULTURE CONNECTS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MYCOLOGICAL SCIENCES IN AFRICA.

MAMALAND ONLINE MUSHROOM PRODUCTION COURSE (MOMPC): 

AN E-AGRICULTURE CONNECTS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MYCOLOGICAL SCIENCES IN AFRICA.

Information and communication technology in agriculture (ICT in agriculture), also known as e-agriculture, is developing and applying innovative ways to use ICTs in the rural domain, with a primary focus on agriculture. ICT in agriculture offers a wide range of solutions to some agricultural challenges. It is seen as an emerging field focusing on the enhancement of agricultural and rural development through improved information and communication processes.

E-agriculture continues to evolve in scope as new ICT applications continue to be harnessed in the agriculture sector. More specifically, e-agriculture involves the conceptualization, design, development, evaluation and application of innovative ways to use ICTs in the rural domain, with a primary focus on agriculture. Provisions of standards, norms, methodologies, and tools as well as development of individual and institutional capacities, and policy support are all key components of e-agriculture. Through ICTs, Mamaland Online Mushroom Production Course have a possibility of strengthening the linkage between extension, research and farmers.

ICTs and agricultural extension services.

• ICTs are very useful in agricultural extension and advisory services and in facilitating reaching out to family farmers.

• Extension and Advisory services play a crucial role in promoting agricultural productivity, increasing food security, improving rural livelihoods.

The specific roles of agricultural extension services were enumerated as aiming to,

• Improve the wellbeing of individuals and communities.

• Change production systems so that they improve rural livelihoods and sustain the resource base.

• Improve agriculture and the social, economic and political status of rural communities.

• Improve the well-being of farm families.

• Improve productivity and livelihoods for farmers.

• Increase and improve farmers’ incomes and productivity on a sustainable basis.

• Enhance farmers’ production.

• Attain higher levels of efficiency in the farm enterprise.

• Attain food security and improve rural livelihoods.

Mamaland Online Mushroom Production Course deliver the freedom to learn and the tools to succeed, empowering you knowledge and boost your career in mushroom industry. Flexible learning on your schedule.

Below is the farm of the participant of Mamaland Online Mushroom Production Course. 

Join to grab opportunities.

Anywhere, Anytime.

Mamaland Mushroom Farms (2015).

E-Mail:-Mamalandmushroomproject@gmail.com,

Phone: +255621-080300.

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Mamaland Mushroom Farms. 

Blog: Mamalandmushroomproject.blogspot.com

Fight Back Against Malnutrition,Save Lives. 

Mushroom is Therapy. 

#Mushroom_Is_Therapy.

MAMALAND MUSHROOM FARMS COOKING COMPETITION FOR HOBBYIST.

MAMALAND MUSHROOM FARMS COOKING COMPETITION FOR HOBBYIST.

GET PREPARED. The Season 1 for 2018 is coming soon.

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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF AFRICAN CHILD JUNE 16, 2018: “Leave No Child Behind for Africa’s Development.”

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF AFRICAN CHILD JUNE 16, 2018:

“Leave No Child Behind for Africa’s Development.”

International Day of the African Child took place on June 16, 2018. The Day of the African Child has been celebrated every year since 1991, when it was first initiated by the Organisation of African Unity. It honors those who participated in the Soweto Uprising in 1976 on that day. It also raises awareness of the continuing need for improvement of the education provided to African children. In Soweto, South Africa, on June 16, 1976, about ten thousand black school children marched in a column more than half a mile long, protesting the poor quality of their education and demanding their right to be taught in their own language. Hundreds of young students were shot, the most famous of which being Hector Peterson. More than a hundred people were killed in the protests of the following two weeks, and more than a thousand were injured.
The Day of the African Child (DAC) 2018 will be observed Under the theme “The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development for Children in Africa: Accelerating protection, empowerment and equal opportunity”. The Child friendly version is “Accelerating protection, empowerment and equal opportunities for children in Africa by 2030″. Mamaland Mushroom Farms,is part of the efforts to elevate child protection agenda in conflict situation in Africa as well as a guarantee the protection and preservation of life and well-being of the African children.

DAC 2018 is commemorated every year on 16 June. Under the theme “The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development for Children in Africa: Accelerating protection, empowerment and equal opportunity” we should reduce deaths of children under five which over 54% contributed by Protein-Energy Malnutrition (P.E.M) by using alternative protein source such as Mushrooms.

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REDUCTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION BY BIO-CONVERSION OF ORGANIC WASTES INTO NUTRITIOUS MUSHROOMS.

REDUCTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION BY BIO-CONVERSION OF ORGANIC WASTES INTO NUTRITIOUS MUSHROOMS.

Organic solid wastes are a kind of biomass, which are generated annually through the activities of the agricultural,forest and food processing industries.They consist mainly of three components:cellulose,hemicellulose and lignin.The general term for these organic wastes is lignocellulose.It is common knowledge that lignocellulosic wastes are available in abundance both in the rural areas.They have insignificant or less commercial value and certainly no food value, at least in their original form.When carelessly disposed of in the surrounding environment by dumping or burning, these wastes are bound to lead to environmental pollution and consequently health hazards.It should be recognised that the wastes are resources out of place and their proper management and utilization would lead to further economic growth as well.Huge quantities of lignocellulosic and other organic waste residues are generated annually through the activities of agricultural, forest and food processing industries.In 1999, more than3,000 million tons of cereal straws were available in the world and about half of these residues remain unused.All these lignocellulosic waste residues can be used as substrate growing mushrooms;otherwise,they would cause health hazards.

Mushroom enzymes can break down lignin, cellulose and hemicellulose present in these organic materials into simpler molecules, which the mushrooms then use for their growth and metabolism.Lignocellulosic compounds are complex and insoluble.They can be treated by various chemical methods, e.g. with dilute hydrochloric acid and calcium chloride to increase the digestibility and nutritional qualities, and even to form sugars to serve as carbon sources. However, these chemical methods are tedious and costly. Furthermore, treatments to eliminate adverse side effects of the chemicals are also very complex. In contrast, mushroom cultivation techniques have become significantly important in recent years in improving nutritional quality and upgrading the economic value of the solid organic wastes. Mushrooms with other fungi are presently only organisms that can synthesize and excrete the relevant hydrolytic and oxidative enzymes that enable them to degrade complex organic substrates into soluble substances which can then be absorbed by the mushrooms for their nutrients,the ability of the different mushroom species to utilize various substrates will depend on both mushroom-and substrate-associated factors.For example, examination of the lignocellulolytic enzymes profiles of the three important commercially cultivated mushrooms exhibit varying abilities to utilise different lignocellulosics as growth substrate.Lentinula edodes is cultivated on highly lignified substrates such as wood or sawdust, produces two extracellular enzymes(manganese peroxidase and laccase) which have been associated with lignin depolymerisation.Conversely,Volvariella volvacea prefers high cellulose- low lignin-containing substrates such as paddy straw and cotton wastes which have relatively low lignin content, and produces a family of cellulolytic enzymes including at least five end oglucanases,five cellobihydrolases and two ß-glucosidases,but none of the recognised lignin-degrading enzymes.
Pleurotus ostreatus is the most adaptable of the three species and can be grown on a wide variety of agricultural waste materials of differing composition in terms of polysaccharide/lignin ration,because it is able to excrete both kinds of cellulose- and lignin-degrading enzymes.

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