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Status report on global Neem usage - Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal

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4. NEEM IN DEVELOPMENT-COOPERATION PROJECTS<br />

Forest Awareness & Tree Planting Project of Teachers Resource Centre<br />

Promoti<strong>on</strong> and distributi<strong>on</strong> of neem tree, awareness of the properties of neem.<br />

<strong>Neem</strong> seems to be well accepted by small farmers who are planting neem trees near their<br />

house.<br />

<strong>Neem</strong> suffers in Namibia un<strong>de</strong>r the reputati<strong>on</strong> be “invasive” since mistakenly Melia azedarach<br />

(Chinaberry) instead of neem has been introduced by <strong>on</strong>e initiative and planted in<br />

numbers of roughly 1 milli<strong>on</strong> trees by an other project .<br />

CONTACT: FATP-Project of Teachers Resource Centre, PO Box 3189, Oshakati<br />

NICARAGUA<br />

Today about 600 000 neem trees are growing in Nicaragua, mainly <strong>on</strong> plantati<strong>on</strong>s. Special<br />

harvest technology (by pruning) has been <strong>de</strong>veloped since nor birds or bats are <strong>de</strong>pulping<br />

the fruit. During the time of “revoluti<strong>on</strong>” in the 80ies, the plantati<strong>on</strong>s were mainly managed by<br />

cooperatives, today often by private landowners.<br />

"COPINIM, Proyecto Nim"<br />

(COPINIM, <strong>Neem</strong> Project)<br />

Foun<strong>de</strong>d: 1990<br />

Short <strong>de</strong>scripti<strong>on</strong>: COPINIM is a NGO which is working as a cooperative <strong>on</strong> the <strong>de</strong>velopment<br />

and disseminati<strong>on</strong> of neem insectici<strong>de</strong>s. It <strong>de</strong>veloped from a former project run by the<br />

Ministry of Agriculture (1987-1990) that focused <strong>on</strong> the promoti<strong>on</strong> of neem <strong>usage</strong> and the<br />

disseminati<strong>on</strong> of neem-related know-how.<br />

Activities with neem: Development of simple technologies with which to manufacture neembased<br />

pestici<strong>de</strong>s (formulated neem oil, neem extracts and neem cake(); rearing of neem<br />

trees for afforestati<strong>on</strong> purposes; training in the correct harvesting and processing of neem<br />

seeds.<br />

Target group: Rural populati<strong>on</strong><br />

Support from Swedish and German organisati<strong>on</strong>s<br />

CONTACT: COPINIM, Proyecto Nim, CIEETS, Apartado 082, Managua, Nicaragua<br />

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