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GROUP 1B. HERBAL CULTIVATION & AGRIBUSINESS. TOP 10 ISSUES. Identify Effective Medicinal Plants Curative Preventive Land and Geographic Suitability Technology Feasibility Improve Planting Material eg Best Seed Hybrid or Open Pollinated Mono or Mixed Cultivation
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GROUP 1B • HERBAL CULTIVATION & AGRIBUSINESS
TOP 10 ISSUES • Identify Effective Medicinal Plants • Curative • Preventive • Land and Geographic Suitability • Technology • Feasibility • Improve Planting Material eg Best Seed • Hybrid or Open Pollinated • Mono or Mixed Cultivation • R&D Diversification of Artemisia • Competitiveness of Cultivation • Small Scale or large Scale Farming • Community • Networking, Collaboration, Info Sharing
ACTIONS REQUIREDA. Deployment & Use • Identification of Stakeholders • Develop Information & Communication Strategy
TA to Producers & Processors Lobbying & Advocacy for Incentives Tax Holiday Govt commitment & input for R&D ACTIONS REQUIREDB. Business
ACTIONS REQUIREDC. Research • Testing of produce from different areas • Phytochemical & Toxicological Trials Feedback • Production Systems • Sustainable Harvesting • Post-Harvest • Market Research
ACTIONS REQUIREDD. Collaboration • MOU’s – research agreements • Materials Transfer Agreements MTA’s • Technology Transfer Agreements
PROMOTION OF HERBALS ANTIMALARIALS • Couple with existing networks • RITAM • AAMPS • Others
INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS • Ghana – • PURE COMPANY - Cultivate Artemisia under Pivot Irrigation to improve yields • Domesticate wild varieties from Ghana • PROMETRA GHANA -Advocacy & herbal plantation • Tanzania • ANAMED – Promote other AM & coduct seminars • ARUSHA • Kenya • Prioritize 20 indigenous antimalarials • Disseminate info on AM through Media (The Eastafrican) • ICIPE - Standardization analysis • Rwanda • Market imported herbal AM • Start herbal plantation • Uganda • Plant Artemisia