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Herbal, Medicinal & Aromatic Plants

Expert Consultation Workshop on the Role of Herbal, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (HMAPs) in Improving the Livelihood of the Rural Poor in the NENA Region: Challenges, Constraints, Prospects and Strategic Directions, ICARDA Headquarters, Aleppo, Syria July 10-12, 2007Wild garlic from Central Asia

A Regional Expert Workshop on the ‘Role of Herbal, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (HMAPs) in Improving the Livelihoods of the Rural Poor’ was held at ICARDA on 10-12 June 2007, jointly organized by ICARDA and IFAD. There were 56 participants from 23 countries, representing, research, development, international and regional institutions, and NGOs. The discussions covered various aeas: constraints and opportunities or HMAP collection, production nd marketing; comparative advantages and market potentials; success stories; ongoing initiatives and future strategies. The participants agreed on the need to strengthen existing national and regional initiatives and to establish a global network on HMAPs for the dry reas, in collaboration with the Global Horticulture Initiative (GlobalHort) and other international centers.

The GlobalHort Executive Secretary, Dr. R. Kahane, gave the presentation, Opportunities in Horticulture, at the meeting in Aleppo . Other presentation are listed in the agenda.

Expert HMAP Consultation in the News
Fighting Poverty with Herbal and Medicianl Plants. ICARDA News July 12, 2007
Fighting Poverty with Herbal and Medicinal Plants. OneWorld South Asia
Fighting Poverty with Herbal and Medicinal Plants. Yemen Observer July 7, 2007
Regional Expert Workshop on Herbal and Medicianl Plants. ICARDA Caravan no.2, June 2007 p.4-5

 

Resources

Associations/Centers

International Centre for Underutilised Crops

International Council for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (ICMAP) 

International Society for Horticultural Science. Culture of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Working Group

International Society for Horticultural Science. Quality of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Working Group

Best Practices

Advances in the Implementation of Good Practises for the Collection of Wild Species in the Value Chain of Natural Ingredients. BTFP Technical Update Issue 6, Oct. 2005

International Standards for Sustainable Wild Collection of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (ISSC-MAP). The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and World Conservation Union (IUCN) are in process of developing this international standard. 

WHO Guidelines on Good Agricultural and Collection Practises (GACP) for Medicinal Plants. 2003.

Boards

Andhra Pradesh Medicinal & Aromatic Plants Board

Spices Board of India

Conferences

World Congress on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants for Human Welfare (WOCMAP). Second announcement for WOCMAP IV congress to be held in Cape Town, South Africa, Nov. 9-14, 2008

Crops Databases

EcoCrop: The Crop Environmental Requirements Database.  This FAO database includes a search function for several hundred MAPs related to their environmental needs and medicinal uses

EcoPort. This FAO knowledge management system is associated with EcoCrop. It has data on over 550 MAPs including precautions.

Food Composition

INFOODS FAO's food composition system.

Research

Industrial Utilization of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. UN Industrial Development Organization. International Centre for Science and High Technology

Union of Concerned Scientists.  Results from a search on "pharmaceutical crops".

Trade

Trade in Medicinal Plants. FAO, 2005?

 

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