Status Report on Global Neem Usage - Gtz

3. NEEM AS A NON-SYNTHETIC PESTICIDEFig. 3.3:Neem users in % of the responses (multiple answers were possible)Subsistence farmersFruit and vegetableproducersAnimal producersCash-crop producersGrain producersOnly approximately 1/5 of all responses were made by subsistence farmers. A far greaternumber of responses came from producers who definitely earn an income from neem. Thisshows that neem is not only a pesticide for poor farmers, as is often thought. On the contrary,neem can clearly be applied in practically all types of agriculture and is used on mosttypes of crops (cf. following table).Question:Which crops is neem used to protect and what pests is it used tocontrol?Table 3.8:Key crops and pests for neem applicationGrain/Basic foodstuffsVegetablesFruitsKey cropsMaize, rice, grain, millet, beans,potatoesCabbage species, tomato, onion,cucumber, lettuce, aubergine,okra, garlicLemon, mango, banana, appleand other species of rosaceaefamily, strawberry, grape, melon,papaya, avocadoKey pestsStalk borers, caterpillars, beetlegrubs, leaf and plant-hoppers, bugs,locusts, gall midges, nematodes, soilbornepests, termitesCaterpillars, aphids, thrips, leafminers, white flies, fruit flies,nematodesCaterpillars, spider mites, aphids,thrips, leaf miners, fruit flies,nematodesStock protection Beans, maize, rice, grain Corn borers, bruchids, moths, weevilsOthersTobacco, cotton, sugar cane,ornamental plantsCaterpillars, aphids, stalk borers,locusts, nematodes41