neemland ecosystem sarl

The company was formed in august 2009 and aims atpromoting an agroecologic model based on the developmentand the use of neem products in the agricultural sector for abetter protection of the cultivation.To achieve this goal, we work closely with rural communitiesin a participative process that involves a gender approachand generates incomes for both parties.Neemland Ecosystem’s corporate values are: Quality,Respect of the Environment, Cooperation for Development,Flexibility, Service, Integrity and Responsibility.We bring efficient, practical and natural solutions for aproductive agriculture environmentally friendly.

Neem seeds supply chainBecause of the seasonally harvesting of neem seeds , a decentralised recolecting network is created at village level.

Recollection of neem seeds

A group of Neem seeds’recollectors

Neem seeds recollection and selling generate income inrural communities—perhaps a small, but nonethelessvaluable, benefit in these days of mass flight to thecities in a desperate search for jobs. It can be a usefulexport good as well; nowadays tons of neem seed areoften sold and shipped from African ports (Dakar, forexample) at more than twice the price of peanuts. Ontop of all that, neem by-products (the seedcake andleaves, in particular) actually may improve the localsoils and help foster sustainable crop production.

Our ProductsWe have four main products:• Neemland Oil (natural cold pressed neem oil )• Neemland Rakkal (neem cakes)• Neemland Powder (neem leaf powder)• Neemland cosmetic soapThey are respectively used as:• Insecticide, fungicide insect repellent• Plowed into the soil it protects plants from nematodes and acts

as a fertilizer.• Repels insects from stored cereals such as maize, sorgho,

peanut, etc• Soap for body care and laundry.

Our MarketThe use of neem by-products for pest control is significantbecause most developing countries are in the tropics, whereyear-round warmth often allows pest populations to build tounacceptable levels.The problems attendant on using synthetic pesticides,therefore, are particularly severe in the Third World. Forinstance, the World Health Organization attributes 20,000deaths and more than a million illnesses each year to pesticidesmishandled or used to excess.By and large the need of neem product in Third Worldcountries is widely justified by nutritional, economic, andenvironmental reasons.The local agricultural sector is our short term market.

The neem tree

The neem common namesEnglish: neem, Indian lilacFrench: azadira d'Inde, margousier, azidarac, azadiraPortuguese: margosa (Goa)Spanish: margosa, nimGerman: NiembaumHindi: neem, nimbBurmese: tamar, tamarkhaUrdu: nim, neemPunjabi: neemTamil: vembu, veppanSanskrit: nimba, nimbou, arishtha (reliever of sickness)Sindi: nimmiSri Lanka: kohombaFarsi: azad darakht i hindi (free tree of India), nibMalay: veppaSingapore: kohumba, nimbaIndonesia: mindiNigeria: dongoyaroKiswahili: mwarubaini (muarobaini)

Neem is a member of the mahogany family, Meliaceae.It is today known by the botanic name Azadirachtaindica A. Juss.Neem trees are attractive broad-leaved evergreensthat can grow up to 30 m tall and 2.5 m in girth. Theirspreading branches form rounded crowns as much as20 m across. They remain in leaf except duringextreme drought, when the leaves may fall off.The short, usually straight trunk has a moderatelythick, strongly furrowed bark. The roots penetrate thesoil deeply, at least where the site permits, and,particularly when injured, they produce suckers.

Neem small white bisexual flowers

Neem rape fruits

The fruit is a smooth, ellipsoidal drupe, up toalmost 2 cm long. When ripe, it is yellow orgreenish yellow and comprises a sweet pulpenclosing a seed. The seed is composed of a shelland a kernel (sometimes two or three kernels),each about half of the seed's weight. It is thekernel that is used most in pest control. (Theleaves also contain pesticidal ingredients, but as arule they are much less effective than those of theseed.)A neem tree normally begins bearing fruit after 3-5 years, becomes fully productive in 10 years, andfrom then on can produce up to 50 kg of fruitsannually. It may live for more than two centuries.

What's in a Neem

Neem protects itself from the multitude of pests with amultitude of pesticidal ingredients. Its main chemicalbroadside is a mixture of 3 or 4 related compounds, and itbacks these up with 20 or so others that are minor butnonetheless active in one way or another. In the main,these compounds belong to a general class of naturalproducts called "triterpenes"; more specifically,"limonoids.”At least nine of them have demonstrated anability to block insect growth, affecting a range of speciesthat includes some of the most deadly pests of agricultureand human health. Azadirachtin, salannin, meliantriol,and nimbin are the best known and, seem to be the mostsignificant.

Methods of application

Neem extracts can be applied in many ways, includingsome of the most sophisticated. For example, they may beemployed as sprays, powders, drenches, or diluents inirrigation water—even through trickle or subsurface-irrigation systems. In addition, they can be applied toplants by emulsifying the crude oil and spraying it evenwith a branch of neem leaves or a sprayer. Moreover, theycan be added to baits that attract insects (a process used,for instance, with cockroaches).

Effects on insects

Neem products work by intervening at several stages of an insect's life. various neem extracts are known to act on various insects in the following ways:

Disrupting or inhibiting the development of eggs, larvae, or pupae;Blocking the molting of larvae or nymphs;Disrupting mating and sexual communication;Repelling larvae and adults;Deterring females from laying eggs;Sterilizing adults;

Poisoning larvae and adults;Deterring feeding;Blocking the ability to "swallow" (that is, reducing the motility of the gut);Sending metamorphosis awry at various stages; andInhibiting the formation of chitin.

Coleópteres Lepidopteres Acariens

Pucerons Trips Dipteres

Left row: untreated white cabbage,badly damaged by diamondbackmoth (and aphids).Right row: cabbage treated withaqueous neem-seed-kernel extract islargely undamaged. On thediamondback moth, neem exerts acombination of effects: it repels, itdeters oviposition (eggs that are laidnever hatch), and it disruptsmolting. This extremely serious pestis found worldwide and in somelocations is playing havoc with vitalcrops of leafy vegetables such ascabbage. (H. Schmutterer)

Essays on tomatoes helds at Sangalkam (Dakar)

Essays on tomatoes helds at Sangalkam (Dakar)

All of this is potentially of vital importance for the senegaleseand african farmers many of whom are confronted with variousagricultural pests, and a widespread lack of even basic medicine.The neem tree is growing in all the senegalese regions and it cangrow on certain marginal lands where it will not compete withfood crops. Thus, it could bring good health and better cropyields within the reach of farmers too poor to buypharmaceuticals or farm chemicals. It makes feasible theconcept of producing one's own pesticide because the activematerials can be extracted from the seeds, even at the farm orvillage level. Extracting the seeds requires no special skills orsophisticated machinery, and the resulting products can beapplied using low-technology methods.

Thank you for your attention

Neemland ecosystem sarlCarrefour Parcelles Assainies – Thiès

Tel: 00221776577328 – 00221765620002E-mail: neemland@gmail.com

for a healthy and sustainable agriculture