Moringa the Famine Food

For hundreds of millions of people the threat of famine is connected to the change of the climate. The planting of trees, including the planting of the Moringa tree, can play one important role in mitigating the effects of climate change.

Michael Haninger Moringa distribution

Mitigation of Climate Change Effects

The effects of climate change are making droughts more of a norm than an exception. This is a pattern that places some of the most vulnerable communities in an increasingly precarious position when it comes to meeting basic food needs.

By the time shortages and hunger reach "emergency" levels and warrant aid; families, communities, agricultural practices and lands will have suffered greatly. Billions of dollars are pledged to support indigenous food production to alleviate the need for such emergency food aid.

"Conventional" crops are often not native and require expensive inputs, significant irrigation and land preparation in order to produce a successful harvest. This means that they are more vulnerable to droughts. For smallholder farmers in Africa's drylands, a failed harvest can mean months of malnutrition and hardship. Trees, on the other hand, often survive when other crops fail. Commonly seen by the West as "famine foods", tree foods already form a significant part of daily diets across rural Africa.

One Moringa Seed = One Miracle

While most of us would like to think that we aren’t part of the problem, the fact remains that we all are contributing to the climate change in one way or another. But don’t give up yet. While we can’t give up our way of life, you as an individual can take action.