By BERNAMA
Capitalising on a course conducted by SME Corporation Malaysia last year, Shaidatul Radzimi Shafie, 30, will become a full-fledged entrepreneur once she harvests the first batch of oyster mushrooms from her farm in May.
Holding a diploma in accounting from Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, she went into mushroom farming after getting a RM15,000 grant from SME Corp in December last year.
She was among 114 Tunas Usahawan Belia Bumiputera’s (Tube) trainees from the East Coast who attended a two-week course on business management conducted by SME Corp last year.
Inspired by the course, she decided to leave an accounting job.
“I’m glad that SME Corp gave me the opportunity and did not discriminate against me for being physically small unlike normal people,” she told Bernama today.
Shaidatul started growing mushrooms in her backyard near Batu Buruk as she could not afford to lease a land and prepare the ground.
“I started selling mushrooms from my mentor and made a net profit of between RM600 to RM700 a month,” she added.
Having attended mushroom farming courses conducted by the Agriculture Department and the Terengganu Islamic Affairs and Malay Customs Council, Shaidatul will be growing oyster mushrooms in her own farm in two weeks’ time and harvest them in May.
SME Corp Terengganu director Muhammad Ibrahim said the agency will monitor Shaidatul’s progress and assist her in marketing, business development, and accounting for one year.
He urged youths to emulate Shaidatul by taking part in the Tube’s programme as it is a good platform to become entrepreneurs where 90% of the 114 Tube trainees from the East Coast has been awarded grants worth RM1.7 million to go into business.
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