- Perennial tree crop with oil from pods and powder from leaves
- Easy to grow for out-growers
- ~ $700 per acre revenue potential
- Farmers receive a Kiva loan of $300/acre to cover inputs, labor and tractor time necessary to plant crop. Loan is repaid when crop is harvested after ~ 12 months
- Pods harvested for seeds to produce moringa oil
- Moringa ideal shade crop for other high value crops like ginger
- Moringa is a miracle tree with hundreds of nutritional and medicinal uses
MORINGA OIL VALUE-STREAM
THE NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS OF MORINGA?
MEDICINAL BENEFITS OF MORINGA?
- Supply natural energy
- Control and lower blood pressure
- Clear and smooth skin
- Build up the immune system, resist infection, balance hormones
- Reduce allergic tendencies
- Soothe nervous system
- Boost antioxidant levels
- Help with sleep
- Decrease water retention
- Relieve inflammation
- Nourish and protect the bones
