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No Thumbnail AvailableMeetingMeeting documentDirectives pour l'identification, la délimitation et la description des sources de semences de neem 1994Tout programme de sélection et d’amélioration du neem devra commencer par des activités de prospection, d’identification et de description/documentation des sources de semences de neem dans l’aire de répartition naturelle de l’espèce et parmi les races locales. Il existe plusieurs définitions du terme « provenance ». L’OCDE utilise le terme « origine » pour désigner les populations naturelles uniquement. Pour éviter toute confusion, on utilise l’expression « source de semence » dans ce document au départ pour indiquer l’emplacement exact où les semences ont été récoltées, sans conséquence sur le plan génétique. Une fois les essais mis en place, on utilisera le terme « provenance » pour indiquer les plants présents dans les pépinières et les essais. Les présentes directives, fondées sur une proposition du Centre DANIDA de semences forestières (Danemark), ont été examinées et approuvées par le Réseau international sur le neem au cours de la deuxième Consultation sur l’amélioration du nee m, tenue à Jodhpur (Inde) du 28 février au 4 mars 1994. L’objectif de ces directives est de fournir une procédure commune pour la prospection, l’identification et la description des sources de semences. Une procédure commune est nécessaire pour: Comparer les caractéristiques des sources de semences et sélectionner les sources de semences qui devraient être proposées pour inclusion dans les essais internationaux afin de représenter les différentes conditions écoclimatiques, et Etablir une base de données sur les sources de semences identifiées pour l’espèce. Ces directives devraient être appliquées par tous les collaborateurs du Réseau. Elles pourraient aussi être utiles à tout programme de sélection et d’amélioration du neem.
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No Thumbnail AvailableMeetingMeeting documentActivities of the International Neem Network 2014Neem, Azadirachta indica A. Juss. (Meliaceae), is an evergreen, multipurpose tree native to the Indian Sub-Continent and South-East Asian countries, where it has been traditionally used for centuries. The species' adaptation to hot and dry climates has made it one of the most commonly planted species in arid and semi-arid areas, both within its natural range and outside of it, in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. In the African Sahel, neem is mainly planted as shade tree and in windbreaks , although production of fuelwood by pruning and use of various parts of the tree in local pharmacopoeia are also important. In its natural range, particularly in India, products derived from neem have been traditionally widely used for centuries for many medicinal and pest management purposes. Extracts of neem oil and chemicals derived from neem for industrial uses are gaining more and more attention worldwide.
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No Thumbnail AvailableMeetingMeeting documentReport of the Workshop of the International Neem Network - Yangon, Myanmar - 28 July - 1 August 1997 1997
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No results found.National institutions of 23 countries, in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe, are participating in the Network which is coordinated by FAO. During 1993 and 1994, seed-sources were surveyed and documented throughout the natural range of the species and in areas of introduction. Pilot seed collection and exchange were undertaken to improve the procedures used in these very difficult operations, Neem seed having a recalcitrant or intermediate behaviour. A training workshop was organised in July 1994, in Coimbatore (India), to familiarise network collaborators with the improved procedures for seed collection and exchange. Twenty five seed-sources, representing the eco-geographical variation in the range of distribution of the species, were selected for seed collection and exchange among network collaborators in 1995, for establishment of international provenance trials. Results of seed exchange and nursery production were discussed at a workshop of the International Neem Network in Ban gkok in March 1996. At this meeting guidelines for trial design of international provenance trials were discussed and adopted. Following the Bangkok workshop, approx. 30 international provenance trials were established by network collaborators in some 15 countries, sampling the full range of ecological conditions within the distribution area of Neem. The main objectives of the workshop were to (i) report and discuss the 1996 activities of the network, especially the results of the trial establis hment; (ii) discuss and adopt guidelines for assessment of provenance trials; (iii) discuss the future activities of the Network; and (iv) visit Neem research activities in the field in Myanmar.
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