🌿AMURT International Moringa Project🌿

Moringa is a fast-growing, drought-resistant tree that retains its leaves throughout the year, making it particularly valuable in dry regions. Nutritional studies show that moringa leaves are exceptionally rich in nutrients. They contain twice as much protein as yogurt, three times more potassium than bananas, four times more calcium than milk, seven times more vitamin C than oranges, four times more vitamin A than carrots, and all eight essential amino acids.

When the leaves are dried and ground into powder, they become a highly nutritious food supplement that can significantly improve daily diets.

Over the past 13 years, AMURT has been developing a program dedicated to the production, processing, and distribution of moringa-based products. This initiative combines environmental sustainability, economic empowerment, and public health improvement.

The program generates several key benefits:

• Promotion of sustainable agriculture through permaculture and agroforestry practices. Moringa trees are cultivated alongside with vegetables, creating diversified and resilient gardens.

• Combating desertification and restoring soil fertility. As a leguminous tree, moringa contributes to improving soil fertility, while its root system helps stabilize the soil. In our fields, moringa is planted on earthen mounds designed to slow rainwater runoff and retain organic matter during the rainy season. This helps protect the land from erosion while progressively restoring degraded soils.

• Income generation for local farmers, as moringa requires minimal inputs while providing reliable yields.

• Women’s economic empowerment, by creating employment and income opportunities for a group of Fulani women responsible for processing the products.

• Local economic development in one of the world’s most vulnerable rural regions, offering a practical and replicable model for sustainable development.

• Improved nutrition and public health, by making a locally produced and affordable superfood available to the population, particularly benefiting pregnant women, children, and communities with limited access to nutritious and balanced diets.

Through this initiative, moringa becomes not only a nutritious food source but also a powerful tool for environmental restoration, sustainable development, and community empowerment.

And finally these are the current impacts of the project:

  • 6 tons of Moringa leaves harvested annually

  • 20-member cooperative

  • 22 women employed in processing

  • 2 employees in coordination and distribution

  • Yearly revenue of about £5,600

  • Sustainable project

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