Dar es Salaam, March 27 -- DAR ES SALAAM: SOKOINE University of Agriculture (SUA) has come up with a value-added initiative for medicinal plants that will boost the income of the villagers.

The project that uses the milk bush plant known as ‘Mti maziwa has been found with capacity to treat and cure various skin diseases.

The Head of Department of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health Prof Robinson Mdegela at SUA said they embarked on this research because they wanted to know its safety to consumers.

“We started researching medicines derived from natural trees and how they can treat them including their limitations so that we can see where to improve so that we can commercialise them by value addition,” he said.

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