Moringa wastes in Nicaragua for making charred materials

[Jacky Foo]

On 20/08/07, Mel Landers <agr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>.....in Nicaragua. This nation has enough waste materials
>and potential for Moringa Oleifera (The Miracle Tree) production
>....(cut)....with Moringa will be profitable anyway, due to other
>profitable products from the tree, which is cut every 45 days.
>Yes we are talking about soft charcoal here

Hi Mel
What is Moringa plantations grown for in Nicaragua ?
What is harvested every 45 days ?
What are the waste materials generated from Moringa ?
How is the waste materials currently used or disposed ?
How will you produce large volumes of charred materials ?

regards
jacky

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[Mel Landers]

I will write my answers in bold below.

Jacky Foo <jack...@gmail.com> wrote:

What is Moringa plantations grown for in Nicaragua ?

Moringa has only been plantation grown here on a small scale so far. But, the staff of the BIOMASS Laboratory at the Agricultural University has doen a lot of work with Moringa feeding pigs, Cattle and chickens. Sorry but this tree is only for tropical and sub-tropical regions.

 

I first heard about the process from Agronomist nicholas Foidl, who was instrumental in this research. He presented the results at a conference in 2002.

 

He is now working in South America, but I have a few photos of the planation on his farm below.

 

The first photo is of the harvested field. The field has been producing for years at this point. Once the trees, in a new plantation, grow to a couple meters tall, they are cut to 20cm above the soil.

 

What is harvested every 45 days ?

 

The next photo shows some trees ready for harveting. Moringa has a growth hormone that gives it a fast development. The trees are harvest about every 45 days. This requires alot of soil moisture and high fertility, preferably in the form of manure.

 

What are the waste materials generated from Moringa ?

How will you produce large volumes of charred materials ?

 

The leaves are stripped off of the stems and fed to the animals. The soft wood stems are the waste product that I want to turn into powdered charcoal in a large brick oven with a huge netal can inside. The third photo shows a pile of stems.

 

The fourth photo shows pigs, fed a diet of moringa leaf and rice bran. It takes a month longer to get them up to slaughter weight, but, the cost of production is very low, compared to feeding commercial concentrate. The meat has little fat and has a good flavor.

 

Rather than feeding rice bran, we will be feeding sweet sorghum and the two varieties of sweet potatoes along with the moringa. This is a superios diet.

How is the waste materials currently used or disposed ?

The stems are currently just discarded in a field.

The moringa leaf produces a number of useful products, besides forrage. The leaf powder is high in protein, minerals and vitamins. It is used in Africa to save starving babies.

 

The oil is high in Omega 3 fatty acids, which are more much higher in price than petroleum. The remainder (Omega 6) can be turned into bio-deisel. The growth hormone is potent in most all of the crops on which it has been tried; including vegetables, fruits and even coffee plants.

 

It is no wonder it is called the miracle tree.

 

mel

regards
jacky

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[Jacky Foo]

On 20/08/07, Mel Landers <agr...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I first heard about the process from Agronomist nicholas Foidl,
>who was instrumental in this research. He presented the
>results at a conference in 2002. He is now working in South
>America, but I have a few photos of the planation on his farm below.

Mel...
could you try to reach Nicholas Foidl to see if he is interested to
give an Intrenet seminar about his plantation of Moringa and how he
uses it ?

regards
jacky

[Mel Landers]

I will see if I can run him down. That would be a great seminar!

 

mel

Jacky Foo <jack...@gmail.com> wrote:

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