National Medicinal Plant  Board

INDIAN SOCIETY OF AGRIBUSINESS PROFESSIONALS(ISAP)

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AGENDA FOR THE HERBAL CONFERENCE:  

·        Development of sustainable production, harvesting, processing, storage and quality control systems in herbal and medicinal plants

1.      Promoting cultivation for meeting market (emerging) demand, practicing Good Agricultural & Field Collection Practices

2.      Sustainable Harvesting methods and strategies

3.      Processing, Value addition and Packaging

4.      New Product developments in industrial processing of herbal and medicinal plants

5.      Intellectual Property Rights in herbal and medicinal plants

6.      Maintenance of standards as per international norms

7.      Quality Assurance to meet national and international parameters

·        Identify growth opportunities within the herbs and medicinal plant products market

1.      Strategies for supply linkages based on market tendencies

2.      Reaching Local, National, International markets.

3.      Establish and strengthen the legal infrastructure (sanitary register) for the commercialization of MAP products used in human health.

4.      Ayurveda – Globalization, quality of herbs, GMP System

5.      Health care

6.      Food Supplements.

7.      Cosmetics and Nutraceuticals

8.      Eco-Tourism/ Health Tourism

9.      Small And Micro Enterprises & Business Development Services.

10.  Government policy initiative in promoting herbs and medicinal plant products market

·        Linking markets for development of sustainable livelihood options and identify ways to make these opportunities work for the poor.

1.      Financial/credit support for the growers

2.      Market intelligence and Dissemination

3.      Promoting access to information like prices and availability of material

4.      Branding and promotion by industry

5.      Inter-state and International trade/tariff/non-tariff barriers

6.      Taxation & Transport support by the Government

7.      The economics of supply and marketing of medicinal and aromatic plant materials.

8.      Organically grown herbal market

9.      Export market for herbal and medicinal plants