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Can this Recently Discovered Superfood Add a New Layer to Guyana’s Wealth and Food Security?

The moringa tree, colloquially called saijan, grows naturally and prolifically in the country of Guyana. The plant thrives in hot, tropical climatic conditions. As hardy as wild bush, it requires little care and grows well on hard, poor soil. It a previous article, I referred to the saijan tree as “riches in the midst of poverty” because Guyanese, considering the readily available leaves a “poor man’s food” didn’t actually know there were consuming a million dollar product.