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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PT. Multi Planextrac<br />
4. NEEM IN DEVELOPMENT-COOPERATION PROJECTS<br />
Short <strong>de</strong>scripti<strong>on</strong>: A private company that has been operating extracti<strong>on</strong> plants in Pandaan,<br />
near Surabaya, East Java, since 1995. Extracti<strong>on</strong> focuses <strong>on</strong> plant raw materials such as<br />
indigenous medicinal plants and oil seeds, especially neem seeds. There were a total of two<br />
plants with a daily capacity of approx. 3 t<strong>on</strong>nes of neem seeds.<br />
The prime objective is to manufacture a formulated pestici<strong>de</strong> <strong>on</strong> the basis of neem press<br />
cakes and capsules c<strong>on</strong>taining neem leaves for medicinal uses. In 1998 the venture obviously<br />
stop processing neem seeds due to disputes within the management. One of the<br />
owner claims to c<strong>on</strong>tinue processing in Sulawesi.<br />
Universities of Bandung and Bogor<br />
Comprehensive research <strong>on</strong> plant <strong>de</strong>rived pestici<strong>de</strong>s has been carried out at both universities<br />
in Bandung und Bogor (see Proceedings Ind<strong>on</strong>esia, 1998). The “Institute for Spices and<br />
Medicinal Crops” Ballitro has a collecti<strong>on</strong> of plants with insecticidal and medicinal properties.<br />
Literature:<br />
GTZ (1998) Nati<strong>on</strong>al C<strong>on</strong>ference <strong>on</strong> Biopestici<strong>de</strong>s with Emphasis <strong>on</strong> <strong>Neem</strong> in Ind<strong>on</strong>esia,<br />
GTZ, 131 pp. GTZ Publicati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
ISRAEL<br />
There exist a close cooperati<strong>on</strong> between the US neem manufacturing firms and an Israeli<br />
firm called AGRON. Own fungici<strong>de</strong>s and acarici<strong>de</strong>s based <strong>on</strong> neem are however also produced<br />
and successfully market based <strong>on</strong> raw material from USA. Target diseases are alternaria,<br />
mil<strong>de</strong>w, rusts and antrachnose.<br />
A lot of research has been carried out with neem mainly in the intensive vegetables,<br />
ornamentals and fruit producti<strong>on</strong> and to a good part in green houses.<br />
Latest <strong>de</strong>tails from research and surveys are published in PHYTOPARASITICA and available<br />
in the web:http://www.phytoparasitica.org<br />
JEMEN<br />
<strong>Neem</strong> trees are growing in A<strong>de</strong>n, Wahdi Lahtsch and Apean.<br />
A GTZ “Innovati<strong>on</strong> in Agricultural Sector Project”- IDAS (1993-2000) based in A<strong>de</strong>n was<br />
promoting the use of home-ma<strong>de</strong> neem extracts and produced and disseminated a technical<br />
brochures <strong>on</strong> neem in Arabic language.<br />
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