Marketing information system and strategies for sustainable and competitive medicinal and aromatic plants trade

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 806-818 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pramod Chandra ◽  
Vinay Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
North India ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Aromatic Plants ◽  
Primary Producers ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants ◽  
Sustainable Resources ◽  
Marketing Information ◽  
Comprehensive Framework

Realizing the sustainability and competitiveness in the trade of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAP) resources of north India is challenging due to lack of participation from the primary producers (growers and harvesters). This is credited to their unawareness of sustainable resources management practices caused by the lack of a marketing information system (MIS) in the trade. The introduction of a MIS can supplement sustainability in the sector, while improving competitiveness. Through a qualitative research approach, this study investigates the need for marketing information among the primary producers of medicinal and aromatic plants of Uttarakhand, and offers a comprehensive framework for a provincial MIS and strategies for the MAP trade. The proposed MIS would be helpful in linking the MAP trade with sustainability and competitiveness.

scholarly journals POSSIBILITY OF ACHIEVING ORGANIC YIELDS FOR MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS BY BIOFERTILIZATION WITH Azotobacter chroococcum

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 3-11
Author(s):  
Dragana Bjelić ◽  
Dušan Adamović ◽  
Jelena Marinković ◽  
Branislava Tintor ◽  
Nastasija Mrkovački
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Azotobacter Chroococcum ◽  
Mentha Piperita ◽  
Aromatic Plants ◽  
Anethum Graveolens ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants ◽  
Organic Management ◽  
Cellulolytic Microorganisms ◽  
Microbial Number ◽  
Pot Marigold

The aim of this study was to examine the effects of management practices and biofertilization on microbialactivity in rhizosphere and yield of medicinal and aromatic plants. Field experiment was performed usingfour plant species: peppermint (Mentha × piperita L.), pot marigold (Calendula officinalis L.), sweet basil(Ocimum basilicum L.), and dill (Anethum graveolens L.). Treatments were arranged in a split-plot layout infour replicates using basic plots under conventional and organic management, and subplots with and withoutbiofertilizer (Azotobacter chroococcum). Organic management positively affected the microbial number andactivity. Biofertilization increased the total microbial number (13–21%), number of ammonifiers (13–60%),nitrogen-fixing bacteria (7–36%), actinomycetes (36–50%), fungi (60–100%), cellulolytic microorganisms(57–217%), dehydrogenase (28–52%) and ß-glucosidase activity (15–39%). The effects of managementpractices and biofertilization were highly significant for the yield of examined plants. The yields were higheron inoculated treatments both in conventional (5–26%) and organic (7–15%) growing system.

scholarly journals Important Fungal Diseases in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and Their Control

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 239-259
Author(s):  
Meltem AVAN
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
Fungal Diseases ◽  
Healthy Plant ◽  
Aromatic Plants ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants ◽  
Herbal Products ◽  
Industrial Sectors

Aromatic plants constitute the main raw materials of the perfumery, food and cosmetics industry and in recent years with the increasing demand for therapeutic herbal medicines, interest in medicinal and aromatic plants has increased. Raw materials from medicinal and aromatic plants have recently begun to be used and spread in the food sector, especially in industrial sectors such as paint and perfumery. For this reason, growing healthy plant material is very important in terms of the protection of these crops. However, fungal diseases such as root rot, wilt, leaf spots, blight and anthracnose, which are problems during the cultivation of both medicinal and aromatic plants, negatively affect both the quantity and quality of these plants. For this reason, an integrated management practices including cultural measures, herbal products, biological control and, if necessary, chemical control methods with especially these fungal diseases are very important. In this review, 27 medicinal and aromatic plants, 37 fungal diseases, their chemical and biological control were included, and 161 references were used.

scholarly journals Information System for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Value Chain: Case Study of Albania

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-41
Author(s):  
Julian Lekoçaj ◽  
Valter Hoxha
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Asymmetric Information ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Actual Situation ◽  
Detailed Data ◽  
Aromatic Plants ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants ◽  
Statistical Representation ◽  
Chain Links

Abstract Background: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs) are part of a few products that Albania exports in World’s level. The results showed us that the available MAPs value chain information in Albania through several cases is limited and doesn’t match with reality. Objectives: Our research aims to verify the actual situation of the information system between the actors of the MAPs value chain in Albania. Methods/Approach: In this research is used the systemic method, which takes into consideration the analysis through all the main value chain links. For each value of the chain links has been selected a statistical representation number or a sample. Results: The actors that operate through the MAPs market in Albania are in front of the asymmetric information. The sources and the methods used are not on the proper level to offer the real results in this value chain. There are many information system sources for the Albanian MAPs sector, but none of them offers any detailed data about the quantity and the value on plant’s level. Conclusions: The information system of the MAPs value chain is not functional through all the links, while the fabrication still remains on limited levels. The creation of a monitoring system database in time and space for the entire MAPs sector is a necessity.

scholarly journals A Review on Clonal Propagation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants through Stem Cuttings for Promoting their Cultivation and Conservation

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-138
Author(s):  
Ajit Arun Waman ◽  
G.R. Smitha ◽  
Pooja Bohra
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Disease Incidence ◽  
Seed Viability ◽  
Stem Cuttings ◽  
Aromatic Plants ◽  
Active Ingredients ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Poor Seed ◽  
Over Exploitation

Plant based drugs are being popularized in recent past owing to their long-term benefits without causing side effects. Medicinal and aromatic plants are major sources of these drugs, whose quality is largely dependent on active ingredients present in them. Today alarge number of species are on the verge of extinction due to unscientific management practices, over-exploitation, destructive harvesting, poor seed set, low seed viability, pest and disease incidence etc. Hence, there is a great need for their conservation through cultivation for which standardization of propagation methodologiesis of prime importance. Multiplication of these species clonally through cuttings can make their cultivation economicby providing true to type plants that are known to have optimum levels of active ingredients. Rooting of stem cuttings is a crucial step in plant propagation and there is great variability in the rooting ability of different species. Even though propagation through cuttings appears to be the simplest of all methods, its success depends on a number of factors and the present review concerned highlighting their importance in the context of medicinal and aromatic plants multiplication.

Introducing green technology for extraction of medicinal and aromatic plants to Egypt

Planta Medica ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 79 (13) ◽  
Author(s):  
NS Abdel-Azim ◽  
KA Shams ◽  
MM El-Missery ◽  
SI Ismail ◽  
FM hammouda
Keyword(s):  
Green Technology ◽  
Aromatic Plants ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants

Ex Situ Conservation of Rare Medicinal Plants in the Botanical Garden (Institute) of Academy of Sciences of Moldova

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-48
Author(s):  
Nina Ciocârlan
Keyword(s):  
Native Species ◽  
Ex Situ Conservation ◽  
Botanical Garden ◽  
Ex Situ ◽  
Aromatic Plants ◽  
Medicinal And Aromatic Plants ◽  
Field Collection ◽  
Ecological Flexibility ◽  
Cultivation Techniques ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

Abstract This work refers to the native species of genus Astragalus L. (A. dasyanthus, A. ponticus), Adonis L. (A. vernalis, A. wolgensis) and Digitalis L. (D. lanata, D. grandiflora). The plants are cultivated in the Botanical Garden of Moldova in the field collection of the medicinal and aromatic plants. Investigation includes propagation aspects, research into cultivation techniques and conservation measures. The biological particularities and the phenologic rhythm are also registered. The obtained data shows the ecological flexibility of species and the possibility of preserving them in culture.

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