Status report on global Neem usage - Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal

4. NEEM IN DEVELOPMENT-COOPERATION PROJECTS
4. Neem in Development-cooperation Projects
Section 4 offers a survey on ongoing or recently terminated German Technical Cooperation
projects, mostly those assisted by the GTZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit)
GmbH. Also projects of other organisations and institutions which are working on
neem are considered. This chapter lists neem activities for each country (alphabetically) ,
starting with supra-regional projects.
4.1 Supraregional Projects within the Scope of German Technical
Cooperation
Supraregional: "Production of Natural Insecticides"
Time frame: 1987 - 1994
Short description of the project: Supraregional project geared to researching and disseminating
the various possible types of usage to which the neem tree can be put, especially that
as a non-synthetic insecticide. The project was located at the Institute for Phytopathology
and Applied Zoology at the Justus-Liebig University in Gießen, Germany and was overseen
by Prof. Dr. H. Schmutterer. The project's field station was located in the Dominican
Republic.
The results of a preliminary project (1978 - 1987) whose scientific investigations focused
primarily on the use of neem as a non-synthetic insecticide served as a basis for this project's
activities (results published in 16 - 19 ).
Project objective: To introduce farmers in pilot regions to the use of neem-seed (mainly self
prepared water) extracts and oil as standard insecticides for pest control.
Key project activities: Research into the possible uses of neem and its constituent components;
dissemination of the neem tree and knowledge of its manifold uses in pilot regions;
development of concepts with NGOs in several countries for manufacturing and applying
simple neem products; dissemination and promotion of know-how concerning the correct use
of neem among farmers and interested institutions in developing countries.
Target group: Farmers in developing countries, especially in areas with pests resistant to
synthetic agents and where there are many sorts of human-toxicological and eco-toxicological
problems as a result of the excessive use of chemical pesticides.
Project field station: Dominican Republic
The project's field station was attached to the "Instituto Politécnico Loyola" in San Cristóbal.
The areas of activity included dissemination of the neem tree and its usage as a natural
pesticide, and the provision of simple neem insecticides for farmers in the pilot region.
Furthermore, procedures for making simple neem insecticides were developed and applied
at farmer level. Many field trials were conducted so as to research the potential uses and
dosages of neem products.
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