Status report on global Neem usage - Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal

PAKISTAN
4. NEEM IN DEVELOPMENT-COOPERATION PROJECTS
Millions of neem trees are growing in Pakistan and can be found nearly in every village and
town.
STEDEC – Techology Commmericalization Corporation of Pakistan Ltd.
Time frame: starting in 1995
Activities: STEDEC is a government owned consortium under Pakistan Agriculture Research
Council (PARC) which started to buy neem seeds, produce and sell neem based pesticides
of unknown quality partly mixed with other insecticides. It is however not sure if the company
continued to produce the pesticides.
CONTACT: Stedec House, Adj Aiwan –e science building, Ferozepur road, Lahore 54600,
fax 042-571 2577, e-mail: stedec@paknet1. Pct.pk
Research and Development Engineers-RADE
Time frame: started in 1996
Key activities with neem: RADE is planting neem on several hectares in plantations for commercial
purposes. In addition activities on awareness and promotion of neem for sustainable
agriculture usage mainly in fruit and vegetable production are carried out.
RADE have interesting experiences and <strong>report</strong>s that neem is better growing when interplanted
with Jaman Tree (Syzium cummini). RADE intends to process neem to commercial
neem pesticides.
CONTACT: RADE, 54-D, 9, Clifton , Karachi 75600 – fax: 009221-5830826
PANAMA
The GTZ project “Advisory on Plant Protection”
Time frame: 1991 – 1999 ,Key activities on neem: are promotion and distribution of neem
trees and assistance in research on i.e. whiteflies.
Literature
Kleemann, R (1996): Estudio de sustancias activas que trastornan el comportanmiento de la
mosca blanca Bemisia tabaci en el cultivo de tomato. Uni Weihenstephan & GTZ 43 pp
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
National Agriculture Research Stations – Depart. of Agriculture
Time frame: 1992 - 1995
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