Tiêu đề 3. CULTIVATION, COLLECTION, PROCESSING AND STORAGE OF CRUDE DRUGS.pdf ✅

PHARMD GURU Page 1 CONCEPT OF GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES (GAPs): These are specific methods which, when applied to agriculture, produce results that are in harmony with the values of the proponents of those practices. OBJECTIVES: 1. Ensuring safety and quality of produce in the food chain. 2. Capturing new market advantages by modifying supply chain governance. 3. Improving natural resources use, workers health and working conditions. 4. Creating new market opportunities for farmers and exporters in developing countries. CULTIVATION: It is a scientific approach to healthy growth of medicinal plant in large scale. The growth is defined as progressive development of the organs with respect to various factors. Some of the advantages of cultivations are: 1) Cultivation ensures quality and purity of medicinal plants. 2) It gives better healthy yield and therapeutic effects. 3) It minimizes biodiversity. 4) It supplies the raw materials to the industries throughout the year. 5) It provides disease free plants. 6) It increases industrialization and helps in unemployment problem. CULTIVATION, COLLECTION, PROCESSING AND STORAGE OF CRUDE DRUGS