Status report on global Neem usage - Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal

4. NEEM IN DEVELOPMENT-COOPERATION PROJECTS
neem trees around their fields and gardens or obtain neem raw materials or simple, readymade,
neem-based pesticides that are marketed nationally by an NGO. The know-how
established here and some of the neem products produced in Dom. Republic are also exported
to other countries.
The NGO FAMA (see below) continued the work of the former GTZ project to a certain extent
after the termination of the project with assistance of several donors. FAMA relies heavily on
the sales of neem products at home and abroad to enable it to continue disseminating the
neem tree , training of farmers and knowledge pertaining to its various uses.
Fundación Agricultura y Medio Ambiente
Founded: 1995
Short description: An NGO working in the field of appropriate agriculture, environmental
protection and alternative sources of energy in the semi-arid, southern areas of the
Dominican Republic. One of the key areas of activity is the dissemination of neem as a
natural insecticide. Developed from the field station of the former GTZ project "Production of
Natural Insecticides" (see above) in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic.
Activities with neem: Production of neem insecticides for farmers and agriculturists; development
of neem products both, for internal and regional markets and for export, taking care
of existing neem plantations; training in the harvesting and processing of neem seeds and in
the manufacture and application of simple, home-made insecticides; manufacture and
marketing of commercial neem products such as pesticides, fertiliser, soaps and other cosmetic
articles.
Target group: in pesticide application - 200 farming families and other rural population
groups, other interested NGOs.
Literature:
BRECHELT, A. & C. HELLPAP (eds) (1994): Memorias del 1er Congreso Latinoamericano y
del Caribe sobre Nim y otros Insecticidas Vegetales. 377pp., GTZ/Loyola.
HELLPAP, C. (1993): Experiences with neem in the Dominican Republic, In: Practice
Oriented results on Use and Production of Neem- Ingredients and Pheromones,
Proceed. of the 2 nd Triofolio Workshop. 39-44.
LEUPOLZ, W. (1996): Sozioökonomische Einflußfaktoren bei der Einführung von biolgischbio-technischen
Pflanzenschutzverfahren in bäuerlichen Betrieben – eine international
vergleichende Untersuchung am Beispiel der Produktion, Verarbeitung und Anwendung
von Niemextrakten in Ländern der dritten Welt. Diss. Uni Hamburg, pp 1998.
LEUPOLZ, W. (2000): Kleinindustrielle Herstellung von Niempflanzenschutzmitteln in der
Dom. Republik and Nicaragua. Report on behalf of GTZ, 79 pp.
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