In Myanmar, besides green and lush regions, there are also dry regions. In dry regions, neem trees, tamarind trees and toddy-palms are grown. The neem trees are grown according to the implementation plan that is to grow trees for greening central Myanmar’s dry zones. The neem leaves can be eaten with fish-paste sauce. The neem seeds can also be produced as insecticide.

The neem insecticide factory is situated in “Palate” a town in Mandalay Division. This factory is set up to produce neem insecticide as substitute to the use of chemical insecticide that have damaged human beings and the environment.
To produce the insecticide, firstly, the neem seeds are cleaned with water and left to dry in the air. The dried neem seeds are shelled and the shelled-seeds are grinded and divided as grinded-paste and oil. The grinded-paste is grinded to get neem powder and then blended with methanol by a machine. A chemical substance from neem powder is dissolved in methanol and we get the concentrated solution that can be produced neem insecticide after passing through the some process we finally get the concentrated insecticide solution and we also get grinded-paste as by-product.

The intensity of the insecticide solution is one percent. This intensity is tested by the quality-controlled section with High Performance Liquid Chromatography.
For fruit-destroyed insects, the insecticide solution 2 oz (60 ml) can be mixed with one gallon of water, for the destructive insects – that cause damage upon peanuts, sunflowers, flowers and vegetables – the 1 ½ oz (45 ml) of solution can be mixed with one gallon of water. The neem insecticide is harmless to human beings and other warm-blooded animals.

Besides insecticide, by-product, neem-powder manure can be used as natural fertilizer. That manure is consisted with Nitrogen 7 %, Phosphorus 1.7 % and Potassium 1.8 %. That manure improves the fertile topsoil and the organic of the ground. It protects the danger of burrowing insects.

So, instead of using chemical insecticide, applying neem insecticide contributes to the fair climate and greening of the dry zones.