Nicaragua inaugurated the Fidel Castro Moringa Development Center, a project dedicated to the research, production, and promotion of this plant that the late Cuban dictator praised as the solution for health, agriculture, and livestock.
Covering an area of 110 acres, the center focuses on seed production, research, and silvopastoral systems, while also emphasizing the supposed almost magical benefits of moringa, reported the news portal Sputnik on its Telegram profile.
According to Nadir Reyes, a researcher and professor at the National Agrarian University, the plant is "key" for food sovereignty and a future for exportation, a statement that echoes the long-held claims of the late Cuban dictator.
Reyes emphasized that the center aims to make moringa an essential component of national food strategies, something Fidel Castro once envisioned as an almost messianic project.
The images shared by Sputnik on its Telegram channel showcase various products made from moringa, including soaps, multi-nutritional blocks, and vitamin syrups, among others.
However, Nicaragua has at least decided to institutionalize the fervor for moringa with a research center, rather than treating it as a rhetorical element that Fidel Castro advocated in his delusions turned into "Reflections."
In addition to the Fidel Castro Moringa Development Center, the government of Nicaragua announced the relaunch of the Commander Fidel Castro Moringa Development Program, as reported by the state media outlet El 19 Digital.
This program, managed by the National Agrarian University (UNA), will complement the center's activities with a focus on the production of nutritional and medicinal supplements, as well as the extraction of oils and other derivative products.
Located on a farm at kilometer 69 of the Managua-León highway, the program aims to promote scientific research to maximize the potential of moringa as a food and commercial resource.
Among its objectives is to strengthen the country's food security and promote entrepreneurship based on the products of this plant.
The Fidel Castro Moringa Development Center, according to its official website, is dedicated to promoting national and international research related to moringa, highlighting its significance for human and animal health and nutrition.
These research efforts aim to contribute to scientific knowledge about this plant, while the center is also focused on the production and practical use of moringa for various purposes.
Additionally, the center provides scientific articles and opinion pieces produced by experts, as well as audiovisual content that highlights the importance of moringa and its purported impact on health and agriculture, in line with the ideas promoted by Fidel Castro.
The new facility is built upon the legacy of the Comandante Fidel Castro Ruz Technological Development Center, inaugurated on August 13, 2017, coinciding with the anniversary of the birth of the late Cuban dictator.
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