10-Year Plan for Processing and Technology of Medicinal Plants, Compiled

The 10-year plan for processing and technology of seeds and vegetative organs of medicinal plants, is a cohesive program which is considered a road map in the industry of medicinal plants.
Tehran, IRNA- A 10-year plan to develop the technological activities regarding medicinal plants and improve the industrial rootstock products, has been compiled in the National Council for Science and Technology Development of Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicine. According to a report by Vice-presidency for Science and Technology, the 10-year plan for processing and technology of seeds and vegetative organs of medicinal plants, is a cohesive program which is considered a road map in the industry of medicinal plants.
Based on this plan, those medicinal plants which are prioritized and are of importance, will be determined, then, innovative-knowledge-based companies which are active in processing of these plants will be supported.
In determining suitable indexes and in order to have technical expertise for monitoring and controlling of seeds and saplings’ production of medicinal plants, standard compilation of such plants is of great significance. Therefore, this 10-year plan has been put together to standardize the field.
In the 10-year plan for processing and technology of seeds and vegetative organs of medicinal plants, it has been endeavored to determine the priorities and all the support allocated to completing the value chain. The main activities of the plan in terms of plants, are carried out in three areas. Registration of genetic resources of the plants and the native medicinal plants, is one of those areas.
Moreover, preparation of standards for medicinal plants’ farms, seeds and saplings as well as protocols and instructions for control and seed-and-sapling licenses of medicinal plants are other goals of this plan.
Medicinal plants’ industry and extraction of essential oils of these plants, is an industry requiring high levels of technology and innovation. In fact, there is no possibility to proceed and progress in this industry by following traditional methods. Therefore, this 10-year plan can lay the foundation for bringing in more technology and innovation into this field.
National Council for Science and Technology Development of Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicine, Vice-presidency for Science and Technology is seeking to collaborate in compilation of documents as well as strategic programs, and by doing so, it will bring a bright prospect to thousands of tech activists in the field of native medicinal plants’ industry.