NMPB and CSIR-CIMAP Lucknow Sign MoU to promote production of Medicinal Plants
The MoU will facilitate development of quality planting material of medicinal plants and herbs identified by NMPB and help in establishment of their nurseries for promotion, conservation and cultivation of the appropriate medicinal plants in different agro-climatic zones.
New Delhi: The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, (CSIR-CIMAP), Lucknow signed an MoU on Monday for extending joint collaborative efforts to promote the production of quality planting material (QPM) of medicinal plants.
The MoU will facilitate development of QPM of medicinal plants and herbs identified by NMPB and help in establishment of their nurseries for QPM development, promotion, conservation and cultivation of the appropriate medicinal plants in different agro-climatic zones.
The CSIR-CIMAP Lucknow, can also undertake research on mass multiplication, agro-technology development, quality planting material generation of selected medicinal plants and herbs.
During the tenure of MoU, the NMPB will work through its implementing agencies i.e. State Medicinal Plant Boards, State Horticulture Departments, Regional-cum-Facilitation Centres across India in conjunction and collaboration with CSIR-CIMAP Lucknow and support projects related to QPM Development of Medicinal Plants Species.
Working under the Ministry of Ayush, the NMPB is mandated to coordinate all matters relating to medicinal plants and support policies and programmes for growth of trade, export, conservation and cultivation of medicinal plants.
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