Failed to become a cricket entrepreneur because the price of crickets kept fluctuating, Mandala Yudha, a resident of Sukun Gang IX Village, Sukun District, Malang City, successfully changed direction to become a worm farmer. The good marketing of worms has made the man who is familiarly called Yudha able to sell as many as 3 quintals of worms per week, Thursday (12/12).
Yudha said that he was not interested in breeding worms at first, but after the cricket business he managed went bankrupt, he wanted to explore other businesses. From that search, he finally met Adam Aziz worm entrepreneurs who have previously achieved success.
"From Mas Azis I learned about worms and it turned out to be a good fit. Breeding worms is much easier than breeding crickets," explained Yudha, Thursday (12/12).
Yudha said, as prices fluctuate, raising crickets is also very difficult. Because crickets like to jump around, both small and mature ones, this often causes crop failures to occur.
"Alhamdulillah after switching to worms, I continue to profit. Currently, per harvest I can sell 3 quintals at a price per kg at Mas Azis Rp 30.000," explained Yudha.
From this fact, Yudha said, breeding worms has the potential to be very profitable, in addition to easy maintenance, breeding worms for food is also very easy. Simply looking for garbage, or various organic foods that are no longer used is enough to provide nutrition to the worms so that they can reproduce optimally.
"Keeping worms can also help the Malang City Cleaning and Parks Department (DKP) reduce the volume of waste that goes into the Waste Disposal Site (TPS). More than that, it can also make the environment around the house cleaner. Because all organic waste can be given worms, while inorganic waste can be sold to Malang Waste Bank (BSM)," concluded Yudha. (cah/dmb)
