page_title: Korra Garra
section_title: Agriculture
hierarchical_section_title: Korra Garra / Agriculture
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Piantata di alberi durante la Giornata mondiale dell'ambiente 2012 in Konso - Etiopia.English: Trees planting during the World Environment Day 2012 in Konso - Ethiopia.
context_page_description: Korra Garra is an Ethiopian writer, an expert in the Konso language and culture, and an authority on Konso agriculture. He is known for his presentations on the importance of the Moringa tree in the Konso economy and culture.
context_section_description: Korra Garra is an official of the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture.
  In 2008 Korra Gara noted that 80% of the Konso economy was agricultural. The people practiced intercropping to reduce the risk of crop failure during drought. Population growth and declining rainfall due to deforestation are causing growing food insecurity. The leaves of the Moringa (cabbage tree) are an important part of the Konso diet.
  Korra Garra spoke in Turin in 21–25 October 2010 at the Mother Earth 2010 conference, where he discussed use of the Moringa stenopetala by the Konso peasants.
  The plant is of unusual importance to this community for food and medicine, and the Konso have many proverbs and myths related to the Moringa.
  He gave a talk on "What is Moringa stenopetala to Konso people?" at the Terracing & Moringa Conference held in December 2011 at the Italian Cultural Institute in Addis Ababa.
  As of 2014 Korra Garra was running a community project "Plants and their Products" in Lower Dokattu, and gave talks to visitors on Konso culture, agriculture and the relation of the Konso people to the environment.
  As a Konso community elder he was appointed a member of the Moringa stenopetala Task Force in 2014.
caption: Planting Moringa stenopetala in Konso, 2012
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