The Secret Behind Harvesting of Quality Moringa Leaves in Quantities

DP Maharshi
9 min readOct 18, 2020

A comprehensive guide to build a successful and sustainable Moringa Leaf Farm and Business with 100% ROI

a tiny leaf — one of the healthiest parts of plants on earth

BACKGROUND

Understanding the powerful role that nutrition plays in health — especially immune health — is vital right now. Supplements are quickly catching up to consumers’ needs to stay active and recover quickly and is a multifunctional ingredient that addresses the needs of anyone who wants to continue their path to health beyond COVID-19.As per the food science of immunity-boosting Moringa supplements, millennials are now more incorporating nutrient-dense Moringa in view of its abundant power, potency, and health properties

ABOUT MORINGA

Moringa oleifera Lam., a ‘miracle tree’ is grown in many countries of tropics and sub-tropics. It has proved to be an excellent source of phytonutrients and has therefore nutritional and medicinal applications for both human and animals. It is a rich source of multi-vitamins (vitamin A, B and C), proteins, calcium, potassium and possess a unique combination of zeatin, quercetin, sitosterol, kaempferol and caffeoylquinic acid. It is a reservoir of dietary supplements and act as cardiac and circulatory stimulant with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, antiepileptic, antitumor, anticancer, diuretic, antihypertensive, antispasmodic, hypocholestemic, antidiabetic, antibacterial, antifungal, antiulcer and hepatoprotective properties.

MORINGA LEAF FARMING INTRODUCED BY ADVANCED BIOFUEL CENTER, INDIA

Moringa is a super food tree with a remarkable source of proteins, calcium (Ca), Iron (Fe) and vitamin C. It contains all the essential nutritional elements that are vital for human beings. It has been demonstrated that the dry leaves of M. oleifera contain 7 times more vitamin C than orange, 10 times vitamin A than carrot, 17 times calcium than milk, 15 times potassium than bananas, 25 times iron than spinach and 9 times proteins than yogurt. In addition, it contains vitamin B, chromium, copper, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, and zinc. Due to these assets, there are several Moringa supplements now available in the market. Moringa contains 40.139 mg total carotenoids /100g fresh leaves, of which 47.8% (18.9 mg/100g) is β-carotene, which is adequate for the dietary requirements of children, adults and lactating mothers Moreover, 100g of the dried leaves contain 660 mg ascorbic acid, 28.2 mg iron, 2,003 mg calcium, 630 mg phosphorus, 1,120 mg oxalic acid and 0.9 g fibre.. Moringa leaves also possess amazingly higher methionine + cysteine (43.6 g kg-1 protein) contents which are like that of human milk, cow’s milk, and chicken egg.

Moringa Leaf Harvesting

HOW TO PLANT? HOW TO HARVEST? HOW TO PROCESS?

AGRONOMY

Moringa Leaf Production Technology developed by ABC India
Moringa Leaf Production Technology developed by ABC India

We have developed agronomic package of practice to grow and harvest moringa leaves naturally and organically with Farm Health Standards

• Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)

• Good Handling Practices (GHP)

• Worker Health and Hygiene

MORINGA CULTIVATION FOR LEAF PRODUCTION

Super high densitive moringa leaf production

Intensive Moringa leaf Production @ ABC

The super high intensive Moringa farm is a technology for leaf production that Moringa India, Advanced Biofuel Center (ABC) has mastered in cooperation with many of its clients, which enables a very notable increase in profitability in comparison to traditional Moringa farms Farming unlike mechanics has many variances under the same input environment. Many different methods of establishment, farming and harvesting are possible. Yield is a function of water, nutrients, heat, and the age of the plant and other. ABC has specifically developed and designed best different technology for harvesting Moringa leaves and for Moringa Seed Oil with ways to guide towards the right balance of cost, yield, and labor and finally cost per metric ton

Super densities Leaf Production technology by ABC India
Super densities Leaf Production technology by ABC India

When the first super intensive Moringa farms were planted at the beginning of the first decade of 21st century, there were many unknowns about the new crop model: the duration of plantations, ideal frames, suitable varieties, pruning, fertilization, irrigation, etc. The experience acquired over more than 15 years with the different plantations has made it possible to improve the initial approaches and dissipate many of the doubts the system raised.

The keys to the success of the super high-density system reside in 100% best Practices for planting harvesting with superior genotype planting seeds

KEY FACTORS

Variety

The selection of the variety is one of the fundamental aspects of obtaining a good result. ABC’s scientists working on Moringa has developed best variety for leaf harvesting known as MOL’E.

ENHANCED HARVEST

The super high-density system requires fields designing to ease the harvest process with less Man, Money, and time.

PLANTING STANDARD

• Planting depth of Moringa Plants.

• Root management is the key to successful Moringa

• Planting and early care of Moringa Trees

• Creating a flow chart for planting operations.

• Sanitation and Disinfection: Sanitation and disinfection are two critical components of all disease control programs. Before you plant your Moringa, it is to make sure that your soil is ready for it.

• Weeding & Mulching: Mulching can either help or hinder development of a plant disease, depending on the system

• Biological Control: Integrated Pest Management

• Farm Practices to Get the Best Out of Foliar Bio-Fertilization/ Natural and organic production

SOIL STANDARD

Cultivate in Right Soil, With Right Variety “MOL’E Moringa Seed”

Contaminated Soil Leads to Contaminated Moringa

The moringa tree is a bio-accumulator, meaning that it absorbs high levels of minerals out of the soil as well as heavy metals. That is why we emphasise to cultivate Moringa in the areas that are far from industrial pollutants and have naturally clean soil.

PLANTATION DENSITY

Planting frames are mainly chosen based on the vigor of the varieties, Topography of the land, the fertility of the soil and the irrigation scheme.

A distance between plants within the lines of 20 Cm to 60 CM, a separation between rows of 60 CM to 120 CM, and a limit on the height of the Moringa tree at 1–2 m makes it possible to form a continuous leaves harvesting, which receives the perfect amount of light and is capable of sustained productions over the years.

PRUNING STANDARD

The super high-density system requires for a high level of pruning standard i.e. efficient, effective and time lined

PRODUCTION

Entry into production is very rapid as a production of Biomass 6–800 T/ha is obtained per year. The results obtained over these years of experience in the various Moringa-growing zones show sustained production of leaves powder of between 2–30 T/ha.

PROFITABILITY

The super intensive system has significantly reduced the Plantation and harvesting cost ultimately a very notable increase in profitability

HARVEST QUALITY

The use of best technology allows for a quick harvest at the optimal time; the Moringa leaves do not touch the ground, nor are they damaged, and they are immediately taken to processing plants. All these factors lead to a high-quality leaf (100% Pure and Fine) which preserves the characteristic aromas of the plant. Farm Management

One of the most important qualities of every successful Moringa farm manager is setting SMART goals. Setting SMART goals is an excellent way to tackle the challenges in farm management. Generally, SMART goals are just a drop in the sea to achieve optimal business performance. Still, it is a good beginning for every grower who wants to improve his production and bring about some significant changes

TIME-BOUND

The goals must be defined within a time frame.

ABC has laid down Design Principles for a Profitable, Productive, & Sustainable Moringa Farm. Known as the gold standard in the Moringa Industry, based on research and professional experience ABC offers Best Moringa Care Practices for leaves Production.

MOL’E Moringa Cultivation for Leaf Production:

MOL’E MORINGA SEED VARIETY

MOL’E MORINGA SEED CULTIVAR for leaf harvesting : A PROPERIOTRY PRODCT FROM ADVANCED BIOFUEL CENTER

A state-of-the-art Cultivation technology and new Moringa seeds “MOL’E” look set to push the boundaries in both Quality leaves production and sustainability.

Advanced Biofuel Center (ABC) reports progress with World’s First Elite Moringa Cultivar for Leaf Production. ABC has unveiled the Moringa Health & Food industry’s most productive seeds, which promise to deliver four times the yield of the industry average

Marking the successful completion of 11 year journey of research, trials and experiments, ABC announced that it has developed the Moringa industry’s most productive seeds for leaf Harvesting and named it as “MOL’E” Moringa, the seeds are being hailed by ABC as a breakthrough in Moringa Health & Food productivity that could yield 30 tons of superior quality dry Moringa leaves per ha per year in a Super High Densitive Moringa Farming System for leaf harvesting.

QUALITY MORINGA LEAF PRODUCTION

Highest quality Moringa leaves from ABC India

Quality Leaf Production for Profitable Sustainability

Therefore, it is of utmost importance that

How is your Moringa is grown?

How are leaves are harvested? And

How they are processed?

To make powder of best quality with signature and power of the plant

ABC have laid down Design Principles for a Profitable, Productive, & Sustainable Moringa Farm. Known as the gold standard in the Moringa Industry, based on research and professional experience ABC offers Best Moringa Care Practices for leaves Production.

Building efficiency into the physical and logistical details of harvesting Moringa Leaves, drying and process for powder, handling fresh harvested leaves for washing, sanitizing, drying and powdering the final dried and cured leaves help us to streamline the operation as the industry scales into a standardized and commercialized Moringa sector, this becomes even more important for us.

A well-planned cultivation design contains layout attributes to benefit both growing and harvesting operations. Drying and storage require simple, yet refined systems that use physical space and material workflow to produce a high-calibre final product. These spaces need to be designed with optimal temperature and humidity considerations, and controls in mind.

By investing in harvest planning and operations, we are investing our brand and the industry’s reputation. This is not just our job as a producer: It is our responsibility to the industry and our customers as well.

MORINGA KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE: TRAINING: LEARNING BY DOING

Quality Leaf Production for Profitable Sustainability

MORINGA LEARNING TOOLS

To start with Moringa, you need

A. Enhanced Knowledge

B. Enhanced Inputs

C. Expertise

D. Enhanced Technology

For knowledge: We have developed certain set of learning tools for creating moringa leaf farm

-Moringa on farm training: Moringa Farmsatay

Moringa Farm Stay is sort of like a live, interactive slideshow of agriculture making of Moringa from “Soil to Superfood” that touches all the participant’s senses.

Moringa production & application workshop: Global Moringa Meet

Global Moringa Meet is the premier destination for Moringa growers, producers and professionals interested in the latest Moringa production technology, news, and policy. The Global Moringa Meet provides tools to all stakeholders of Moringa industry pros use to plan learn and grow their business — whether at the office, in the farm or at factory. We have concluded 7 Global Moringa Meet from 2012 to 2019 and 8th is going to take place in next week: a 3-day International Training Workshop on Moringa Production & Application

-Moringa Value Addition Business Plan

We make the integration of our experience and professional knowledge with your information and formulate customized Moringa business plan for leaf production.

MARKETING

The ABC India study predicts that Moringa Market is all set to cross 20 Billion USD by 2030 growing at a CAGR more than 9% per annum. Moringa Project developer/Entrepreneur who wants to have a slice of the $8–20 bn market for superfood moringa must adopt and implement appropriate Moringa production and Marketing strategies that will lead to Quality > Value> Satisfaction and finally Happiness.

Global B2B Exclusive Marketplace for Moringa seller and buyer

The use and adoption of ABC ‘s highest yielding moringa seeds varieties MOMAX3 and MOL’E Moringa seeds and technology shall ensure successful yields and; Your joining the Global B2B moringa marketplace exclusively for moringa products shall bring potential buyers that can be targeted globally anytime and anywhere. Your storefront at MoringaMart shall make selling easier than ever before.

Pre-Book your seeds order here

http://www.jatrophaworld.org/moringa_seed_reqquirement_135.html

Pre- register for membership of MoringaMart here

http://www.jatrophaworld.org/registration-for-moringa...

To know more call us or mail

Advanced Biofuel Center

T: (91) 141 2335839, M: +91 9829423333

E: moringahealthfood@gmail.com

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DP Maharshi

Founder & CEO, Advanced Biofuel Center, chartered Expert, Educator, Global Consultant, Implementer, Passionate Scale Up Expert as Moringa Business optimizer,