ABSTRACT
According to an estimate, there are 13-15 million neem trees in India alone. If one tree produces, say, 50 kg of seed and even a small percentage of the total yield is processed for the oil, the quantity of oil and seed cake so produced would be enormous. The industry based on neem (Fig. 10) will not only provide extra income to the rural poor for the collection of seed, but produce a fatty oil, which can be raw material for many industries. As a by-product, neem seed cake will be available for use directly as organic manure and indirectly as a nitrification inhibitor and pesticide.
