‘Manipur has great potential to lead in medicinal plants production’

By A Staff Reporter

IMPHAL | Oct 31

A one-day mega conference on promotion and conservation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, MAPs, in North East states, promotion of community herbal garden, interactive meet on medicinal plants with the government line departments and re-launching of MSMPB was held today at the conference hall of City Convention Centre, Palace Compound.

The mega event was all about sorting out solutions for betterment of MAPs which includes creation of market and employment generation.

The function was attended by minister for health, family welfare and AYUSH, L. Jayantakumar Singh, as chief guest. He said the state can also be a pioneer in culturing different types of species of medicinal plants suitable to the climate of the state.

He said there is no need to copy other states as environment is different from place to place. “Let Assam be Assam and let them produce their own and let us produce our own varieties of plant species suitable with our climate and environment type,” he urged.

Director of AYUSH and member secretary of AYUSH, Dr. A. Guneshwor Sharma, who was one of the guests of honour of the programme, said that MSMPB which was formed in the year 2005 is slow in progress as it is delicate. It is however on the verge of development now with the coming of good ministerial leadership, he said.

The idea of having this conference is to boost the marketization of the state medicinal plants. SYNERGY Technofin from Delhi had come to the state to get more information of the state’s available species and their market potentials, he added.

Guneshwor said that this will make the state’s economy better with more employment generated and economic value raised.

A plan is set to make Imphal East, Imphal West and Chandel establish an organised market of medicinal plants like Lemongrass and Citronella and mapping for this project has already started in Chandel, he said.

The event was organised by Manipur State Medicinal Plants Board (MSMPB) and State AYUSH Society, Manipur.

The function was also attended by additional director and member secretary of state AYUSH society Dr. Y. Lukhoi Singh who attended the function as guests of honour and secretary of H,FW and AYUSH, Sumant Singh presided over the function. It was also attended by farmers, potential marketers and government officials of the H, FW and AYUSH department took part in the function.

Regional co-ordinator of Synergy Technofin Private Limited, Pinaki Ranjan delivered a speech on “purchase of pharmaceutical companies on raw materials from Manipur”.

He said that India is one of the biggest exporters of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) but Manipur which has a great potential of MAPs, has not marketed a single plant. He said this is so unfortunate. He pointed out that the cosmetic market and consumer market are the two biggest sectors for MAPs in India.

By A Staff Reporter

IMPHAL | Oct 31

A one-day mega conference on promotion and conservation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, MAPs, in North East states, promotion of community herbal garden, interactive meet on medicinal plants with the government line departments and re-launching of MSMPB was held today at the conference hall of City Convention Centre, Palace Compound.

The mega event was all about sorting out solutions for betterment of MAPs which includes creation of market and employment generation.

The function was attended by minister for health, family welfare and AYUSH, L. Jayantakumar Singh, as chief guest. He said the state can also be a pioneer in culturing different types of species of medicinal plants suitable to the climate of the state.

He said there is no need to copy other states as environment is different from place to place. “Let Assam be Assam and let them produce their own and let us produce our own varieties of plant species suitable with our climate and environment type,” he urged.

Director of AYUSH and member secretary of AYUSH, Dr. A. Guneshwor Sharma, who was one of the guests of honour of the programme, said that MSMPB which was formed in the year 2005 is slow in progress as it is delicate. It is however on the verge of development now with the coming of good ministerial leadership, he said.

The idea of having this conference is to boost the marketization of the state medicinal plants. SYNERGY Technofin from Delhi had come to the state to get more information of the state’s available species and their market potentials, he added.

Guneshwor said that this will make the state’s economy better with more employment generated and economic value raised.

A plan is set to make Imphal East, Imphal West and Chandel establish an organised market of medicinal plants like Lemongrass and Citronella and mapping for this project has already started in Chandel, he said.

The event was organised by Manipur State Medicinal Plants Board (MSMPB) and State AYUSH Society, Manipur.

The function was also attended by additional director and member secretary of state AYUSH society Dr. Y. Lukhoi Singh who attended the function as guests of honour and secretary of H,FW and AYUSH, Sumant Singh presided over the function. It was also attended by farmers, potential marketers and government officials of the H, FW and AYUSH department took part in the function.

Regional co-ordinator of Synergy Technofin Private Limited, Pinaki Ranjan delivered a speech on “purchase of pharmaceutical companies on raw materials from Manipur”.

He said that India is one of the biggest exporters of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) but Manipur which has a great potential of MAPs, has not marketed a single plant. He said this is so unfortunate. He pointed out that the cosmetic market and consumer market are the two biggest sectors for MAPs in India.

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