Status report on global Neem usage - Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal

4. NEEM IN DEVELOPMENT-COOPERATION PROJECTS
an "applied research" programme with neem as a major component. CEAS is running trials
with neem on a 4 ha plot.
Neem cake, kernels, leaves and oil are being applied and investigated for their efficacy
against pests of cabbage, onion, tomato, eggplant, sweet potato, French beans, lettuce and
local vegetables. Recently some promising trials in organic cotton have also been conducted.
Theatre groups have been formed to create awareness and to train farmers how to use and
apply neem, and also to demonstrate the potential danger of conventional pesticides for the
farmers. CEAS has trained 40 farmers’ groups and more than 1600 individual farmers in how
to process and apply neem. They have also supported women’s groups by showing them
how to collect and process neem kernels and make soap out of them.
Canadian Sheabutter Project
The processing of neem was a side effect of the sheabutter processing project in Burkina
Faso assisted by the Canadians (CECI). It was found that the improved and modified
presses can also be used for neem processing.
In addition to the listed ones, many other NGOs and CBOs are actively involved in neem
promotion in Burkina Faso.
Literature:
ALTERNATIVE PESTICIDE/PAN (1998): Agroécologie et lutte phytosanitaire: L’expérience
du CEAS. Pesticides & Alternatives, No. 6, pp. 10-12.
CECIDEC (1997): Natur neem – un insecticide naturel, Le Grenier 4, p. 12 + 13.., Bul.
Semestriel, SIATA.
FOERSTER, P. (2000): Regional Outlook: Present Situation in Using Neem Trees in West
Africa and Sahel. 1-12 pp In: BRIMAH, A. K. (ed) (2000): Efficacy and Commercialization
of Neem Products in Ghana, Proceedings of an Opem Forum Organized by
Goethe Institut from 19 to 21. October, 1999. Woeli Publ. Services, 77 pp; ISBN 9964-
978-71-5s.
MAERZ, U. (1989): The Economics of Neem Production and its Use in Pest Control. Wissenschaftsverlag
Vauk, Farming systems and resource economics in the tropics. Vol 5.
pp153.
RADCLIFFE, E., OUEDRAOGO, G., PATTEN, S., RAGSDALE, D. & P. STRZOK (1996):
Neem in Niger: a new context for a system of indigenous knowledge, pp 34-70. In:
Warren, D.M, Slikerveer, J.L. & D. Brokensha (eds.): The Cultural Dimension of
Development, ITDG, UK.
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