Sell dung and become a millionaire
I found that this news is … well, what can I say… it is a bit strange… not many people like to involve with dung…
Sell dung and become a millionaire
NST, 5 Dec 2006
KUANTAN: There’s gold in that dung, and livestock breeders in Pahang are pretty excited about it.
About 300 of them attended a state Veterinary Services Department seminar entitled “Black Gold — An Income-generating Technology”.
The rise in oil prices has made urea-based fertilizers more expensive, so the market for organic fertilizers is expanding.
With more than 200,000 farm animals in Pahang, each producing an average of 10kg of dried waste a day, that’s a lot of organic fertilizer.
The department organized the seminar to tell breeders how they can cash in on the waste.
They also learned about the latest technologies for converting waste into fertilizer.
Department director Datuk Dr Mohamad Azmie Zakaria said dried animal waste fetched 60 sen per kilogramme, and the price could go up if oil prices continued to rise.
“We could get about two million kilogrammes of dried animal waste a day. That can be sold for RM1.2 million,” he said, adding that many breeders had become millionaires from organic fertilizer.
Mohd Husnul Asrul Hussin said he and his father had been making fertilizer from their goats’ waste since April.
The 21-year-old said his family’s 500 Boer goats produced two tonnes of organic fertilizer a month. They sell it for RM7 per 800g.