Medicinal Plants of India

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(Free-Press-Release.com) March 20, 2010 --

Medicinal plants play serve an important role in human life. The rural folk and tribals in India even now depend largely on the surrounding plants/forests for their day-to-day needs. Medicinal plant are being looked upon not only as a source of health care but also as a source of income. The value of medicinal plants related trade in India is of the order of 5.5 billion US$ (Exim Report-1997) and is further increasing day-by-day. The international market of herbal products is estimated to be US $ 62 billion. India's share in the global market of medicinal plants trade is less than 0.5 percent.
In 2002, Government of India set-up a national level body, the National Medicinal Plants Board for the growth and development of medicinal plants sector (MPS) in the country.

International Information Resource Centre has published a classified information of schemes and guidelines as a set of interventions to streamline the medicinal plants sector, achieve high quality commercial production and create post-harvesting infrastructure through financial assistance. These interventions should lead to increased production with emphasis on quality and entrepreneurship in every aspect of the medicinal sector industry and export.

This e. book will be useful not only for technologists, professionals, but also for farmers, traders, students, NGOs, institutions, exporters and importers of Medicinal Plants. More details con be obtained from: http://medicinalplantsdirectory.blogspot.com

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