Status report on global Neem usage - Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal

2. GLOBAL NEEM DISSEMINATION AND USAGE
Table 2.5: Occurrence and usage of neem by world regions
(number of countries)
Types of usage Worldwide
18
Asia/
Oceania
Africa Caribbean/
Latin America
- occurrence and usage 78 19 32 24 3
Industrialised
countries
- use only 9 - 1 - 8
- plant protection 55 11 18 15 11
- stock protection 18 3 11 3 1
- fertilisers, soil additives 16 3 6 3 4
- medicine 55 12 30 12 1
- soaps, cosmetics 25 6 14 3 2
- dental hygiene 12 4 7 - 1
- shade tree, forestry 59 14 31 12 2
- animal hygiene, fodder 15 2 10 2 1
- wood, furniture and fuel 52 12 29 10 1
Question: How many years has neem been in use in your country?
The responses confirm that in those countries where neem has been grown for many years,
it has also been utilised for a long time. This is the case in many countries in Asia and Africa
where the majority of answers were "used for more than 50 years". This contrasts with the
countries in the Caribbean and Latin America where neem has only been around for a few
years and its usage mirrors this. The responses from the industrialised countries, which see
neem almost exclusively as a highly promising, non-synthetic pesticide of the future, clearly
reflect the intensive neem research of the last 25 years.
Figure 2.1: Chronological diagram of neem usage, in % of the responses from the
given regions
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