Status report on global Neem usage - Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal

4. NEEM IN DEVELOPMENT-COOPERATION PROJECTS
NGOs and farmers conducted. It is planned to cooperate with the neighbouring countries in
the eastern Caribbean. Further it is planned to start neem processing on a higher technical
level later on and to set up a neem processing plant in the near future.
Literature:
COOPER, B. (1999): Neem Use in Agricultural Management systems in the Caribbean. In:
the Proceedings of the International Neem Conference in Vancouver, in press.
CONTACT: Dr. Brian Cooper mintouren@candw.ag,
AUSTRALIA
University of Queensland
There exist a range of activities on the commercial level to make use of neem for reafforestration
and seed production in the dry northern and western parts of Australia including
Darwin which obviously had attracted some investments. Some hundred thousand neem
trees are planted in plantations. Action has been taken to find investors to set up a
processing plant and produce neem on large scale.
To date neem is playing to date an insignificant role as a pesticide. No neem pesticides are
registered in Australia and neem is only in use in private and home gardens. Products such
as “Neem Peace” and others mainly based on neem rawmaterial but are available in the
country. They are manufactured from raw material purchased from other countries e.g.
Indonesia, Nigeria, Mauritania, Madagascar etc. Commercial neem products include neem
leaf, neem leaf powder, neem oil, neem cake, neem litter, neem aqueous kernel extract and
neem aqueous leaf extracts. Neem cake is used as a soil amendment, while the liquid
products are used as foliar sprays or through irrigation. Neem cake is sold in Australia as a
fertiliser and Neem oil is also available as a wetter/sticker for organic fertilisers or as a liquid
fertiliser ingredient.
Pharmaceutical products include neem skin tonic, neem body lotion, neem soap, neem haircare
products including shampoo, conditioner and lice treatments, neem cosmetics and
neem toothpaste.
Other products include Neem mosquito repellent, Neem pet food and flea powder. Neem leaf
teas are also popular for their healing potential.
Individual initiatives are taken by researchers to carry out research on certain aspects of
neem, such as the
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