Research Article | Published: 01 March 2005

Ex-situ conservation approach through training cum demonstration programme on cultivation of medicinal plants

J. L. Shrivastava, Ruby Sharma, Alka Jha, S. K. Masih and Uday Homkar

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 12 | Issue: 1 | Page No. 1-7 | 2005
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2005-2517OD | Cite this article

Abstract

Medicinal Plants have gained high demand due to their increasing popularity spread through various alternative systems of medicine. The depleting wild resources of medicinal plants pose threat to their existence. In view of this situation, cultivation of medicinal plants was an important step towards distracting their exploitation from wild. After the standardization of cultivation techniques, extension of this information among farmers is an important step comes to be known as lab to land programme. The present communication gives the insight as to how this programme was initiated and progressed in Jabalpur, Seoni, Bilaspur and Jagdalpur Districts of Madhya Pradesh.

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Shrivastava, J.L., Sharma, R., Jha, A., Masih, S.K. and Homkar, U., 2005. Ex-situ conservation approach through training cum demonstration programme on cultivation of medicinal plants. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 12(1), pp.1-7. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2005-2517OD

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Manuscript Published on 01 March 2005

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