THE USE OF LEMON GRASS OILS FOR THE MOSQUITOES REPELLENCY

THE USE OF LEMON GRASS OILS FOR THE MOSQUITOES REPELLENCY

Alfred Ngulo

Category

Tanzania

Description

This company develops botanical based mosquito repellent cream from lemon grass plants. Formulated cream products repel mosquitoes for eight hours due to active chemicals components found in lemon grass essential oils. The product is applied on exposed skin or externally during the night before bed time. The nature of this product is naturally originated from non-toxic plants with no harmful effects to human beings, environments or on other species. The main objective of developing this product is to combat mosquitoes which cause malaria in Sub-Saharan African countries starting in Tanzania. Current progress is that field and laboratory trials have been completed, products have been registered with the authorized bodies and a minimum viable product (MVP) has been developed.