Ecuador: Moringa was another of the products that were successful in the macro-round

Moringa at the 2022 Macro-Round had a sales commitment of 80 tons. The product was successful at the fair that took place in Guayaquil days ago, and that in total of all the products that were promoted had an expectation of sales of $ 237 million. Moringa was palatable within the nutrition products. "The FAO considers moringa a first-rate food, in Ecuador it is grown in Santa Elena, Loja, Guayas, El Oro, Los Ríos and Pichincha," Fausto Mantilla, founder of the Ecuamoringa company, a pioneer company in the country for 12 years in the production of the product. Mantilla stressed that there is an urgent need to increase organic cultivation of moringa. “The world market went from 5,000 million to 18,000 million dollars, so Ecuador must take advantage of the fact that it is in the middle of the world and has the sun that the wild plant requires and can be an important participant in this sector. We have to grow more moringa," said Mantilla. ...