Status report on global Neem usage - Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
Status report on global Neem usage - Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
Status report on global Neem usage - Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
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4. NEEM IN DEVELOPMENT-COOPERATION PROJECTS<br />
CÔTE D’IVOIRE<br />
In c<strong>on</strong>trast to the neighbouring Ghana neem trees are much less abundant in CI and often<br />
replaced by cashew nut plantati<strong>on</strong> or sheabutter trees. Subsequently comparable few neem<br />
activities are going <strong>on</strong> in CI.<br />
The GTZ assisted agriculture extensi<strong>on</strong> organisati<strong>on</strong> ANADER in Korhogo, is training farmers<br />
to apply cru<strong>de</strong> neem water extract <strong>on</strong> neem seed basis as a home-ma<strong>de</strong> pestici<strong>de</strong> in<br />
vegetables.<br />
In additi<strong>on</strong> the Canadian NGO CAUSE, based in Korhogo, is training some women and<br />
village groups in neem soap producti<strong>on</strong> in the northern part of the country.<br />
In additi<strong>on</strong> some trials were set up by researchers to test commercial neem based pestici<strong>de</strong>s<br />
such as <strong>Neem</strong>azal in cash crops.<br />
CUBA<br />
INIFAT, Instituto Investigación Fund. Agricola Tropical<br />
(Tropical Agriculture Research Institute)<br />
Foun<strong>de</strong>d: 1991<br />
Short <strong>de</strong>scripti<strong>on</strong>: The GO "INIFAT, Instituto Investigación Fund. Agrícola Tropical, Departamento<br />
Protección <strong>de</strong> Plantas y Productos Bioactivos" is, inter alia, researching neem in its<br />
capacity as a biological pestici<strong>de</strong> and promoting its disseminati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Activities with neem: Planting and afforestati<strong>on</strong> of neem for agricultural purposes and as<br />
erosi<strong>on</strong> protecti<strong>on</strong>; <strong>de</strong>velopment, manufacture and marketing of neem-based pestici<strong>de</strong>s.<br />
The project is supported by the German KATALYSE Institute, GATE/GTZ and some other<br />
Spanish and German NGOs. Currently the project intend to launch a country wi<strong>de</strong><br />
programme to exploit the potentials of neem, not <strong>on</strong>ly in the field of agriculture.<br />
CONTACT: Proyecto@anap.org.cu<br />
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC<br />
The first neem trees were planted in the Dominican Republic about 25 years ago. Today the<br />
stocks are estimated at over 1 milli<strong>on</strong> stems and new trees are being planted c<strong>on</strong>tinuously.<br />
This is all thanks to a comprehensive programme geared to disseminating the tree and<br />
know-how pertaining to its varied uses. The main sp<strong>on</strong>sor of this programme was a GTZ<br />
<strong>de</strong>velopment-cooperati<strong>on</strong> project which focused in particular <strong>on</strong> neem's <strong>usage</strong> as natural<br />
pestici<strong>de</strong>. At the beginning, the chances of establishing neem as a pestici<strong>de</strong> looked quite<br />
slim. Synthetic pestici<strong>de</strong>s were broadly in use, even though they had caused numerous<br />
acci<strong>de</strong>nts and a good <strong>de</strong>al of envir<strong>on</strong>mental damage. Even if the situati<strong>on</strong> has not changed<br />
that much in a lot of regi<strong>on</strong>s, a great many farmers are using neem today. They have planted<br />
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