Sabahan grows lucrative business from durian seeds

KOTA BELUD (Bernama): The idiom,"One man’s trash is another man’s treasure", holds true for Donny Ien who runs a lucrative enterprise propagating high-value durian species using the discarded seeds of the king of fruits.

During the fruit season between July and December when durians are plentiful, he buys the seeds at about RM3 to RM4 a kilogramme from durian stallholders who collect them after their customers have relished the flesh of the thorny delight.