ABSTRACT
This study examines the extent to which farmers trained by the Food Research Institute have taken
up mushroom farming and also determines the profitability of mushroom production. Specifically, the
study describes trends in the levels of mushroom production since 1995, the rate of adoption and
dis-adoption of mushroom farming by trainees, the profitability of mushroom cultivation and identifies
constraints to mushroom farming from the perspective of farmers. Trend description involves annual
output of respondents in the Greater Accra region from 1995 to 1999. The profitability of mushroom
cultivation was determined by the use of the Benefit-Cost Ratio ,Net Present Value and the Internal
Rate of Return criteria. The constraints to mushroom cultivation from the perspective of the farmers
