KUALA KRAI: A former bank officer’s venture into oyster mushroom cultivation during the movement control order in March last year has brought him lucrative returns. Mahadi Mohd Jusoh, 51, said he decided to resign in 2016 to take care of his mother Zaharah Ahmad, 70, who fell ill after his father Mohd Jusoh Mat, 81, died in the same year. He said that after a friend suggested that he cultivate oyster mushrooms, he bought about 100 ready-to-fruit blocks of mushroom spawns which came with racks for the blocks, with a capital of RM2,000. “Thank God, my first attempt bore fruit when I harvested 30kg of oyster mushrooms which I gave away to neighbours for free. This is due to the various products made with mushrooms such as chips, mushroom popiah and fried mushrooms.

Source: The Star August 10, 2021 00:11 UTC