Growing mushrooms to boost revenue


Steady income: (From left) KPMM vice-chairman Datuk Leong Kim Soon, Chong, Agrogembira director Tan Kok Hong, KPMM directors Ling Kah Chok and Datuk Seri Liu Mun Hon holding mushrooms to be given to low-income families.

KUALA LUMPUR: MCA Youth will work with a company to help 20 low-income families grow abalone mushrooms, said its chief Datuk Chong Sin Woon.

He added that the movement’s Koperasi Petani Muda Malaysia (KPMM) would be working with Agrogembira Sdn Bhd in the venture. The firm had pledged 10,000 mushroom spawn bags and would help teach candidates how to grow, cultivate, package and sell them.

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