Solar Dryer for Moringa Leaves made in Burkina Faso
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Solar Dryer for Moringa Leaves made in Burkina Faso

On our visit to Burkina Faso in January, we drove to Roumtenga (13 km from Ouagadougou), to meet with Pr Batiedo Christian Elie of Grace ET Merveille.  He and his family have been involved with Moringa for over a decade and have 8 products to their credit. Not only is he a pastor, but also a trainer, farmer and processor. He showed us his new farm that he started on 15 July 2019. In the photo with Joshua and Moise is Pr Batiebo Christian, his wife and son. Then he showed us this Solar Dryer which he designed for drying moringa leaves.  It is able to dry 6 kg of leaves, and during Harmattan (dry) season the leaves take only 6…

Joshua’s Visit to Burkina Faso
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Joshua’s Visit to Burkina Faso

In January, Joshua Haruna (AMH Founder and CEO) made a visit to Burkina Faso to see what they are doing there with moringa. He came back with glowing reports. In this article we have asked Joshua about the visit. The Visit – Day by Day Monday 27 January Travel and Arrival It was about 14 hour land travel from Sunyani, Ghana to Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. I left Sunyani on Sunday around 9:00 am and arrived at Hamile a town in Jirapa/Lambussie district around 4:00 pm in the upper west region of Ghana. Hamile is a border crossing town which is still part of Ghana. I had to spend the night because there wasn’t a bus to Ouagadougou in…

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The Tree of Paradise (Moringa) in Burkina Faso

presented by Mr Moise Sawadogo (May 2018) Burkina Faso is a country in West Africa where Moringa has grown for many centuries. Burkina Faso (formerly the Republic of Upper Volta) literally means “Land of Men of integrity”, and is called Burkina for short. It has an area of 274,000 km², with a population of around 18.6 million divided between 60 ethnic groups. The population density is about 68 inhabitants per square kilometer (World Bank, 2016) and the population growth rate is 2.9% . Neighbouring countries include Mali in the north and west, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south and Ivory Coast in the southwest. The History of Moringa in Burkina Faso The main…

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