{"id":222947,"date":"2023-08-26T01:27:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T19:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=222947"},"modified":"2023-08-26T01:28:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T19:58:18","slug":"workshop-on-high-altitude-medicinal-plants-cultivation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2023\/08\/26\/workshop-on-high-altitude-medicinal-plants-cultivation\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshop on high-altitude medicinal plants cultivation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>TAWANG, 25 Aug:<\/strong> A stakeholders&#8217; consultation workshop on &#8216;Cultivation techniques for high-altitude medicinal plants of Arunachal Pradesh&#8217; was held at the DC office conference hall here on Friday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing the workshop, organised jointly by the GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment&#8217;s Northeast Regional Centre (GBPNIHE-NERC) and the State Medicinal Plants Board, Tawang DC (i\/c) Rinchin Leta stressed on the need for documentation of medicinal plants of Tawang district used in traditional healing systems by the local communities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He urged the participants to engage with elderly citizens, local medicinal plant growers and traditional healers &#8220;for proper documentation and validation of the traditional knowledge associated with medicinal plants.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This was followed by presentations on the high-altitude medicinal plants of Arunachal Pradesh and medicinal plant cultivation in the western Himalayas by GBPNIHE scientist Dr Wishfully Mylliemngap and GBPNIHE Senior Project Officer Dr Laxman Singh, respectively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They highlighted the important high-altitude medicinal plant species having high market value and potential for cultivation and marketing, as well as the agro-techniques and market value chain development for some selected species demonstrated by the GBPNIHE in the western Himalayan region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the panel discussion, chaired by DFO Piyush Gaikwad, key issues such as documentation of medicinal plant resources; capacity building and training of stakeholders; linkages between government agencies and local beneficiaries; market value chain and existing issue; and problems in medicinal plant cultivation and marketing were discussed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was resolved to prioritise documentation of the medicinal plants of Tawang district; capacity building and awareness creation among local NGOs and SHGs; formulation of regulatory measures for harvesting, cultivation and trade of medicinal plants; and a multi-stakeholder approach for promoting medicinal plant cultivation and marketing by involving research organisations, line departments and progressive farmers for lab-to-land transfer of technologies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">About 50 participants, including officials from the agriculture and horticulture departments and the DRDA, members of local NGOs, GPCs of different villages, and medicinal plant cultivators attended the workshop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAWANG, 25 Aug: A stakeholders&#8217; consultation workshop on &#8216;Cultivation techniques for high-altitude medicinal plants of Arunachal Pradesh&#8217; was held at the DC office conference hall here on Friday. 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