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INTRODUCTION
The State of Madhya Pradesh is endowed with a rich and varied expanse of natural
resources. The abundant natural resources play an important role in fulfilling the
livelihood needs of people dwelling in and around forests. Owing to ever increasing
anthropogenic pressure, coupled with erratic exploitation regime, these resources
are facing irreversible depletion. Madhya Pradesh Minor Forest Produce(Trading
& Development) Co-operative Federation Ltd. is working to ensure
that precious natural resources can be protected and harvested in sustainable manner.
To ensure village empowerment, to provide structure for medicinal plants processing
and value addition, to provide quality raw material of medicinal and aromatic plants,
and to impart technical and economical impetus, M.P.State Mandi Board along
with M.P. State Minor Forest Produce Federation financed a project in the year 2002-2003
under which Minor Forest Produce Processing and Research Centre
(MFP-PARC) has taken its shape at Barkheda Pathani, Bhopal. The programmes initialized
are as under :
- Quality Control and Standardization for MAP
- Developing Technology for Processing of MAP
- Spreading awareness about MAP
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Facilitating Marketing of Minor Forest Produce
Vision
Stimulate and strengthen the partnership between Government, Herbal Industries,
Scientific community and collectors/farmers to protect, promote and project traditional
herbal healthcare systems and products.
Objectives
- Developing better technology for primary processing, value addition
and packaging of MAP & its products to help its farmers/collectors increase
their income.
- To provide facility of laboratory testing
for MAP to farmers/cultivators and small processors at very reasonable charges.
- Spreading awareness of non destructive harvesting techniques
to the collectors of MAP.
- Research and development in this
sector.
- Developing marketing-system for raw material of
medicinal and aromatic plants.
- To provide training facilities in non-destructive exploitation,
processing, value-addition etc. of MAP to all stake-holders.
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Encouraging environment protection and spreading awareness about biodiversity conservation.
Activities
Quality Control and Standardization for MAPs
Under this program, research work and analysis of
different active ingredients present in different medicinal & aromatic plants
has been taken up. The awareness of quality parameters prevailing in the national
and international market will be provided to the cultivators/collectors. Lab testing
facilities have also been made available to general public.
Developing Technology for Processing of MAP
Under this program farmers interested in agro-forestry.
harvesting, primary processing, scientific extraction and marketing of MAP are being
trained. In tribal areas, collectors of minor forest produce, members of primary
co-operative societies and villagers are also being trained about bio-diversity
conservation, primary processing and value addition.
Spreading Herbal Awareness about MAP
Under this program, the knowledge of the medicinal
plants farming and their harvesting and other aspects are being made available
to students, farmers, small cultivators and people at large through herbarium, nursery
etc. Training at the MFP-PARC is also being imparted to collectors so that herbal
awareness reaches the masses.
Facilitating Marketing of Minor Forest Produce
Under this program, the marketing facility of medicinal
and aromatic plants’ raw material is being provided to collectors /farmers/
producers by inviting buyers and make them available an easy access for disposal
of their harvest. On-line facility has also been provided so that in coming times,
a proper system of business linkages of grower/ cultivators/ collectors, manufacturers,
and producers is facilitated.
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