Unwilling to "Idle", Orbits, multi-million Mushroom Cultivation

A group of youths in the village of Wonokerto, District Plemahan, Kediri regency, East Java, a successful white oyster mushroom cultivation. The result, every month is able to record a turnover of millions of dollars.

Adi Radius, a local youth coordinator, said the initial idea of ​​cultivating mushrooms called the Latin ostreatus Pleorotus stems from the many local youth who are unemployed. "We expect this activity to the youth activities that have positive and negative events do not go," said Adi, Monday (04/02/2012).

Spot cultivation is quite simple. Only a hut made ​​of an area of ​​4 x 7 meter roofed wicker cane leaves. While woven palm leaves used as a wall to help the humidity of the room. In the room were lined baglog 6000 (mushroom growing media in the form of plastic containing sawdust and various additional composition) are arranged neatly on the shelves.

Every day the boys were alternately sprayed water on the way to every baglog. Log perforation is also necessary to increase the amount of the growth of fungi. "Planting is not difficult, just takes patience and forbearance. The harvest is also relatively fast, only a month of planting," he added.

Circulation of the crops, according to Adi, in addition to the buyer remains that every day comes, also channeled into traditional markets around the city of Karachi. Each kilo priced at Rp 12,000.

The village youth cultivation began in 2010 ago with an initial capital raised by non-government amounting to Rp 30 million. Now, every month on behalf of the Social Youth Development Organisation (Orbits) is able to record a sizable turnover for a business in the village, which is Rp 10 million. "At least with this activity can increase the time to keep myself busy. At the same time there is a material result," said Adi.