The secretary of National Network of Research and Technology in Medicinal Plants announced the technical and educational workshop schedules of 2016.
Dr. Muhammad Hassan Assareh indicated that there is going to be a techno-market in the Third Festival and Exhibition on Iranian Medicinal Plants, Natural-based products and Traditional Medicine, in order to establish ties between the investors and innovators.
This year, three tonnes of Ferula gummosa will be harvested from 400 hectares in eight medicinal plants habitat in Semnan province.
Chief of Office for Natural, Traditional Products and Supplement Supervision of Iran’s Food and Drug Administration said, “Ministry of Health and Medical Education is obligated to prepare the ground for the development of traditional and natural-based products.”
The Third Festival on Iranian Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicine has been planned in a way that the important and key issues relevant are to be presented in the form of educational workshops and technical panels through seminars of researchers in the field of medicinal plants and traditional medicine industry.
Due to Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province’s green pastures covered with medicinal plants, this province is apt to develop honey bee breeding and the honey produced in this province is of high quality.
The head of Ministry of Agriculture Jihad of Yazd province said, “Medicinal plants are considered to have the fastest yields among the agricultural products.”
The director of Horticulture Department of Ministry of Agriculture Jihad of Qom province announced that 594 tonnes of medicinal plants were produced last year.
This congress is held in order to achieve the goals of the twenty-year Perspective Document, implementation of Iran’s Comprehensive Scientific Plan and the advancement of national and regional missions aligned with the research of knowledge-based economy and the use of medicinal plants for employment, economy development and safety of food in Iran
The director general of Fars province Customs said, “The export of liquorice from Fars province to foreign countries has had an increase of up to 109 percent.”