Study on Feasibility of Growing Medicinal Plant Crop in India
STUDY ON FEASIBILITY OF GROWING MEDICINAL PLANT CROP IN INDIA
Introduction
1. There is a global resurgence in the traditional and alternative health care system. We in India are fortunate to have a system of medicines which date back to more than 3000 years and have deep rooted societal acceptance to it.
2. Medicinal Plants form the major resource base of our indigenous health care traditions. Ayurveda, Unani, Sidha and Homeopathy System of medicines offer health care solutions to a large segment of our population including those living in remote and interior areas.
3. Our reach and acceptability of AYUSH System (Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and, Naturopathy, Unani, Sidha and Homeopathy) under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, both nationally as well as globally, is dependent on uninterrupted availability of quality plant based raw material.
Aim
4. The Aim is to study the Feasibility of Growing Medicinal Plant Crop in India and its potential market.
Scope
5. For ease of understanding, the study has been carried out under the following heads :-
(a) Need and Justification.
(b) Production Methods and On Farming Processing Requirements.
(c) Post Harvest Management and Marketing.
(d) Recommendations.
Need and Justification
6. More than 90% of the species used in trade continue to be sourced from the wild, of which 2/3rd are harvested by destructive means. More than 6000 plant species are known and are used in the Indian System of Medicines in our country. The commercial demand for the botanical raw drugs has put the medicinal plant resource under stress.
7. The industrial demand for the medicinal plant resource has been on the rise due to the worldwide buoyancy in the herbal sector engaged in production of herbal health care formulations. In India nearly 9500 registered herbal industries, and a
2 large number of unregistered cottage level herbal units depend upon the continuous supply of medicinal plants for manufacture of
Introduction
1. There is a global resurgence in the traditional and alternative health care system. We in India are fortunate to have a system of medicines which date back to more than 3000 years and have deep rooted societal acceptance to it.
2. Medicinal Plants form the major resource base of our indigenous health care traditions. Ayurveda, Unani, Sidha and Homeopathy System of medicines offer health care solutions to a large segment of our population including those living in remote and interior areas.
3. Our reach and acceptability of AYUSH System (Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and, Naturopathy, Unani, Sidha and Homeopathy) under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, both nationally as well as globally, is dependent on uninterrupted availability of quality plant based raw material.
Aim
4. The Aim is to study the Feasibility of Growing Medicinal Plant Crop in India and its potential market.
Scope
5. For ease of understanding, the study has been carried out under the following heads :-
(a) Need and Justification.
(b) Production Methods and On Farming Processing Requirements.
(c) Post Harvest Management and Marketing.
(d) Recommendations.
Need and Justification
6. More than 90% of the species used in trade continue to be sourced from the wild, of which 2/3rd are harvested by destructive means. More than 6000 plant species are known and are used in the Indian System of Medicines in our country. The commercial demand for the botanical raw drugs has put the medicinal plant resource under stress.
7. The industrial demand for the medicinal plant resource has been on the rise due to the worldwide buoyancy in the herbal sector engaged in production of herbal health care formulations. In India nearly 9500 registered herbal industries, and a
2 large number of unregistered cottage level herbal units depend upon the continuous supply of medicinal plants for manufacture of