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From HIV and TB to Wellbeing

Story of Nkole Chanda, Zambia My Moringa story began in 2007 when my parents began growing Moringa trees at our farm. My names are Nkole Chanda and in June, 2001, I was tested positive for HIV. Back then, there were no Anti-viral drugs as there is now. We tried different herbal medicine such as the African potato, but nothing prevented me from developing TB of the spine which left me paralyzed partially. To find answers, my parents did a lot of Google research on Moringa which led to our growing Moringa. I started taking it as a food supplement as I had problems eating food, because by then I had started medication and I was on TB treatment.  From then, my quality…

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Moringa, a Crop for ALL Generations by Masiye Munga, Zambia

My Introduction to Moringa through Extension Service It’s usually said that the driver of Agricultural productivity is extension service. For those who don’t know, extension service is the arm of agriculture that comes along side farmers and rural communities to help them grow and produce viable crops.  It was through Extension Service to farmers that I first got introduced to Moringa 20 years ago. At that time, the late Mr Vavaya Mulenga of the Conservation Farming Unit had introduced Moringa as a crop to Central Zambia, along with Jatropha and Bixa, Moringa. I belonged to an Association of graduates who built a large nursery for propagating moringa. These plants were given to farmers to grow on their own properties. The moringa plants grew…

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