Moringa Solar Driers

Moringa Solar Driers

Entech, an environmental technology company that is working with the Macaulay Institute and Climate Futures on the JANEEMO project in Malawi, received funding to manufacture solar drying cabinets.  These will be owned by a community association group and used to dry the leaves of the Moringa tree (Moringa oleifera) which has exceptional nutritional qualities and will be used to supplement the diets of communities in the Lower Shire District.  Payment for the use of the solar driers will be made "in-kind" by villagers supplying an excess of leaves for drying.  This excess powder will be sold in local markets and the profits passed to the community association to re-invest in other micro-enterprise activities linked to the JANEEMO project.  A total of 2,000 people are expected to benefit directly from this project.