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either as a juice or side dish or as main dish or soup and or in Capsule or tablet forms. Those who are in the urban
fringes may not be able to get the Moringa greens and hence they can go for consuming Moringa Tablets and or
the Moringa Capsules which are available in Palamudhir Nilayam and in Big Retail Formats.
6.4 Economics of Moringa plantations in Tamil Nadu
To work out the economics of Moringa production, the year wise and operation wise costs incurred over the years
were analyzed and the results are presented elsewhere. In a nutshell, the plantations are economically viable or
not has to be discussed and hence the data have been analyzed using the economic appraisal tools which are
presented in Table 13.
Table 12 Composition of Nutrients from Moringa Leaves and Pods
Sl. No Available Nutrients per 100 Gram of Intake Units Moringa Leaves Moringa Pods
01 Edible Protein Percent 75.00 83.00
02 Moisture Content Percent 75.00 86.90
03 Protein Grams 06.70 02.50
04 Fats Grams 01.70 00.10
05 Carbohydrate Grams 13.40 03.70
06 Minerals Grams 02.30 02.00
07 Fibre Grams 00.90 04.80
08 Calories -- 92.00 26.00
09 Calcium Mg 440.00 30.00
10 Magnesium Mg 24.00 24.00
11 Oxalic Acid Mg 101.00 101.00
12 Phosphorous Mg 70.00 110.00
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Potassium
Copper
Mg
Mg/Gram
259.00
01.10
259.00
03.10
15 Iron Mg 07.00 05.30
16 Sulphur Mg 137.00 137.00
17 Vitamin - A IU 11300 184.00
18 Choline Mg 423.00 423.00
19 Thiamine Mg 00.06 00.05
20 Riboflavin Mg 00.05 00.07
21 Nicotinic Acid Mg 00.80 00.20
22 Vitamin - C Mg 220.00 120.00
Table 13 Economics of Moringa Plantations
Sl. No Tools of Appraisal Units per Ha Thoothukkudi District Tiruppur District
I Perennial Moringa
01 Gross Income Rupees 293895.00 370013.00
02 Net Income Rupees 231703.00 304660.00
03 Net Present Value @ 12% Rupees 1128756.00 1507024.00
04 Benefit Cost Ratio Ratio 04.17 05.07
05 Internal Rate of Return Per Cent >100 >100
II Annual Moringa
01 Gross Income Rupees 568725.53
02 Net Income Rupees 482620.88
03 Cost of Production / Ton Rupees 2380.000
04 Output – Input Ratio Ratio 06.62
05 Return on Investment 05.60
Table 13 revealed that the perennial Moringa is capable of generating a net income of Rs 2.31 lakhs in
Thoothukkudi District. But the same perennial Moringa is able to provide 3.05 lakhs per annum as its net income