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National Research Council
( NRC ), Washington, USA, has released a report
with title as "Neem: Tree for Solving Global
Problems." The NRC Panel considers the Neem
to be "One of the most promising of all plants,
that it may eventually benefit every person on
this planet. Probably no other plant yields as
many strange and varied products or has as many
exploitable by-products."
Neem is one of the most valuable of all arid-zone trees. Used
in agricultural, industrial and commercial application, the
oil pressed from seed creates safe and effective fertilizer & pest
control products. Many bi products of the Neem can be made
that effectively address various health problems, (see below).
The Neem tree thrives in eroded arid areas, and quickly replenishes
top soil quality as its deep roots draw nutrition and moisture
back to the surface of otherwise unworkable soils. It therefore
has widespread application for reforestation & erosion
control
At the community development level Neem creates opportunities
for isolated and economically deprived villagers and the technology
developed by PT Intaran for processing the Neem is simple and
appropriate to local customs and skills. |
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The economic viability of
NEEM is clear, both for producers and buyers. The
entire tree can be utilized, creating a vast range
of medicinal bi-products from soaps and lotions,
to toothpaste and broad-spectrum treatments.
Neem has been proven effective against serious skin conditions
like eczema, psoriasis, acne, dermatitis, herpes, shingles
and many more. It has been shown to regulate the immune system,
lower blood sugars, reduce fevers, fight gum disease, and act
as a tonic for the heart. Despised by over 200 species of insects
it is a safe and effective insecticide and bug repellent which
is harmless to humans.
Additionally, Neem has been used historically to treat bacterial,
fungal, and viral infections, and to boost the immune system.
Widely available in India, Neem products until recently were
virtually absent from the American market, where the scientific
validation gives them a competitive edge over many less proven
products. |
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Why we interest to propagating
the neem plant??
We interest to propagating the neem because of neem potensial
usages
Click here to see summary of neem usages |
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Neem tree |
Shade tree, erosion
protection, timber production, forestry |
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Seeds |
Oil extraction, plant
protection, raw material for producing commercial
pesticides, stock protection, medicine, animal
care |
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Oil |
Soap production, raw
material for producing commercial pesticiedes
and cosmetics, plant protection, stock and
textile protection, medicine, animal care,
refining to edible oil, lubrication oil for
engines, candle production |
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Neem cake |
Plant protection,
raw material for commercial pesticides, soil
additive, fertilizer, animal fodder and hygiene |
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Neem husk |
Neem oil extraction,
mulching material, soil additive, compos/fertilizer |
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Fruits |
Oil extraction, ripe
fruits as food, medicine |
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Leaves |
Medicine, cosmetics,
mulching material, plant protection, stock
protection, animal care, animal fodder, vegetables |
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Twigs |
Feathery leaf stalk
(twigs) for dental hygiene |
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Wood |
Firewood, construction
material, funiture |
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Bark |
Toothpaste and dental
hygiene, medicine, cosmetics |
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Roots |
Medicine |
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| As scientist scour rainforests
in dangerous and inaccessible areas of the world
in search of useful plants, the neem tree grows
inconspicuously in the front yards of homes and
on college campuses throughout south Asia and Africa.
It is this familiarity that had hidden the true
miracle of neem until a few scientists took a closer
look at this ancient and sacred tree. Researchers
worldwide are now focusing on the neem tree can
do so many things so well. But it is in agriculture
that we find most of the research on neem being
conducted today. |
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| NEEM
USE AS |
EXAMPLES
OF PRINCIPAL PESTS |
| Insecticide |
More
than 400 spesies are reported, most of them
from the following insect orders: Lepidoptera,
Coleoptera, Homoptera, Diptera, Heteroptera,
Caelofera, Thysanoptera, or insect groups:
larvae of butterflies and beetles, grasshoppers,
leafhoppers, thrips, true bugs, aphids, whiteflies,
midges and flies |
| Nematicide |
Endoparastic
species of Meloidogyne and Globodera Ectoparastic
species of Hoplolaimus and Tylenchorhynchus
Semiendoparasitic species of Rotylenchus
and Pratylenchus |
| Fungicide |
Fusarium
oxysporum, Rhizoctonia solani, Sclerotium
rolfsii, Sclerotinia slerotiorum, Botrytis
cinera, Penicillium expansum, Glomerella
cingulata, Alternaria alternata, Aspergillus
niger, Curvularia lunata, Sphaerotheca fuliginea,
Plasmopara vitcula, Diplocarpon rosae, Oidium
sp. and rust pathogens. |
| Moluscicide |
Water
snails as vectors of diseases such as Melania
scabra (schistosomiasis) Phytophagous lan-snails
in greenhouses and horticulture. |
| Acaricide |
Tetranychus
cinnabarinus, T. urticae, Panonychus citri
blood-sucking parasites of and domestic animals. |
| Bactericide |
Plant
pathogens |
| Viricide |
Animal
and plant viruses |
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| NEEM HELPING FARMERS IN DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES |
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Neems " soft " pesticide
is improving the lives of impoverished farmers
throughout the tropical range of the neem tree.
Substituting crude neem extracts for expensive
chemical controls saves both money and lives. In
developing countries, it is estimated 500.000 people
are poisoned and up to 20.000 die annually from
using agricultural chemicals. To protect their
crops, most of the earnings of farmers in developing
countries are spent on these chemicals, producing
a cycle that leads not to more food and a better
life, but to continued poverty, ill health and
environmental degradation.
To break this cycle and to improve the farmer's lives, agencies
such as CARE, AID and AFGRO are actively promoting the introduction
and use of neem in Southeast Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and
both South and Central America. Seedlings and educational programs
give the protects their crops from over 200 different insect
pests, including the desert locust.
Farmers in Mexico and Haiti and shepherd in Australia have
begun switching to simple neem-based sprays from the usual
synthetic chemical pest controls. This has allowed the farmers
to export mangos and other fruit to the United States without
the chemical residues that often stopped their shipments at
inspection stations. Neem- based sprays have similarly allowed
the shepherds in Australia to produce a pesticide-free wool
that is being sold to European buyers for a considerable premium
over the standard wool impregnated with chemical pesticides. |
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1. Food Storage.
2. Soil amendment - neem cake
3. Neem Honey |
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| Reference: |
1. Neem The Ultimate Herb:
Jhon Conrick
2. Status report on global Neem Usage : GTZ
3. The Potentials of the Neem Tree in Gana : GTZ
4. Neem, A tree for solving global Problems (report of an Ad
Hoc Panel of the Board on Science and Technology for International
Development National Research Council
5. Neem in Ayurveda: Vaidya Suresh Chaturvedi |
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