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Release date : Thursday 19 April 2018 - 11:50

The Fourth Exhibition and Festival of Medicinal Plants, Natural-based Products and Traditional Medicine of Iran to be Held

The Fourth Exhibition and Festival of Medicinal Plants, Natural-based Products and Traditional Medicine of Iran to be Held

Fourth Exhibition and Festival of Medicinal Plants, Natural-based Products and Traditional Medicine of Iran, will be held through 12 to 15, November 2018.

Based on a report by the Public Relations of Vice-presidency for Science and Technology, in the 109 meeting among the council members, Mohammad Hassan Assareh, Secretary for National Council for Science and Technology Development of Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicine, referring to the fourth Exhibition and Festival of Medicinal Plants, Natural-based  Products and Traditional Medicine of Iran, added,”It is planned to have four parts in the Exhibition and Festival of Medicinal Plants, Natural-based  Products and Traditional Medicine of Iran more highlighted than ever. The first prominent feature of the fourth exhibition and festival will be the “Students” section.”

Secretary for National Council for Science and Technology Development of Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicine, went on to explain, “A center for students and learners was formed by Ministry of Education in 2017, heardquarters of which is located in Markazi Province. This center has had considerable achievements.”

He further noted, “We are hoping to receive one to two thousand  student plans from the various research centers and select 200 of those plans. In this way we will have a “Students Festival”.

According to Assareh, after the infrastructural developments in this field, it is now time to promote students’ competitions from cultural point of view, understanding and discoveries of this field, as well as scientific approaches in medicinal plants and including them in their curriculum especially in biology and chemistry.”

He pointed out that the second section of the fourth Exhibition and Festival of Medicinal Plants, Natural-based Products and Traditional Medicine of Iran is the Technomarket, “Pardis Technology Park has been professionally holding specialized technomarkets. Technical, financial as well as trading brokers attend such events.”

Secretary for National Council for Science and Technology Development of Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicine, Vice-presidency for Science and Technology expressed hope that through coordination, Iran National Technomarket, located in Pardis Technology Park, has now accepted to manage this part, and special contracts in the field of medicinal plants and traditional medicine will ensue.

He indicated that the most important part of the Exhibition and Festival of Medicinal Plants, Natural-based Products and Traditional Medicine of Iran is its exhibition which the fourth one is held with new approaches.

Assareh referred to the fourth part of this exhibition as Health Centers then added, “This section is held for the purpose of culturalization and the public’s awareness of this method as well as traditional medicine of Iran.”

He added, “Hopefully, all the great figures of Iranian traditional medicine will at least once, attend the health centers.”

“It is planned to hold the Fourth Exhibition and Festival of Medicinal Plants, Natural-based Products and Traditional Medicine of Iran just as effective as the previous three exhibitions, in terms of science, culture, awareness, investment, etc.” Said the Secretary for National Council for Science and Technology Development of Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicine, Vice-presidency for Science and Technology.

In this meeting, a report of the breeding and proliferation of Iran’s natural leech was presented as well as another report on the plans and proceedings of the National Council for Science and Technology Development of Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicine, Vice-presidency for Science and Technology, in the field of medicinal plants industry and rural development of Sistan and Baluchistan Province.

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