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Table 3
(continued)
Types of constraints
Issues
Technical
– Lack of baseline data or knowledge on sustainable cultivation and Harvesting/Post-Harvesting Practices
– Lack of consolidation of Sanskrit knowledge scattered around the country
– Medicinal plant cultivation and collection is unscientific and over-exploitative
– Difficulty in assessment of species extracted from wild
– Unscientific harvesting practices
– Lack of monitoring or regulation of the extraction and trade of medicinal plants
– Lack of scientific development of high yielding varieties of medicinal plants (breeding or clonal micro
propagation)
– Lack of agro-technology
– Lack of Infrastructure for quality testing, processing and marketing
– Lack of scientific understanding and monitoring medicinal biodiversity
– Lack of trading centres and transport facilities
– Lack of regulation and organised form of transactions
– Lack of improved technology transfer
– Absence of standardisation for exporting medicinal plants
– Lack of R&D efforts in the sector
– Absence of standard system of certification including verification and quality control
– Unclear harvesting procedures, lack of suitable soil conditions, irrigation facilities, preserving quality planting
material
– Non-uniform transit formalities and tax structure across different states and major wholesale markets
– Lack of suitable weather reports
– Lack of skill development and technical knowhow
– Lack of efficient marketing facilities and absence of credible marketed linkages
– Lack of quality and quick deterioration of the products
– Lack of storage facilities and procedures, post-harvest management and their training needs
– Lack of simple and appropriate agro techniques
– Secretive and unorganised nature of medicinal plant business
– Lack of transparent supply chain information and mutually enforcing code of collection and sharing of
marketing benefits
(continued)
149
Table 3
(continued)
Types of constraints
Issues
Technical
– Lack of baseline data or knowledge on sustainable cultivation and Harvesting/Post-Harvesting Practices
– Lack of consolidation of Sanskrit knowledge scattered around the country
– Medicinal plant cultivation and collection is unscientific and over-exploitative
– Difficulty in assessment of species extracted from wild
– Unscientific harvesting practices
– Lack of monitoring or regulation of the extraction and trade of medicinal plants
– Lack of scientific development of high yielding varieties of medicinal plants (breeding or clonal micro
propagation)
– Lack of agro-technology
– Lack of Infrastructure for quality testing, processing and marketing
– Lack of scientific understanding and monitoring medicinal biodiversity
– Lack of trading centres and transport facilities
– Lack of regulation and organised form of transactions
– Lack of improved technology transfer
– Absence of standardisation for exporting medicinal plants
– Lack of R&D efforts in the sector
– Absence of standard system of certification including verification and quality control
– Unclear harvesting procedures, lack of suitable soil conditions, irrigation facilities, preserving quality planting
material
– Non-uniform transit formalities and tax structure across different states and major wholesale markets
– Lack of suitable weather reports
– Lack of skill development and technical knowhow
– Lack of efficient marketing facilities and absence of credible marketed linkages
– Lack of quality and quick deterioration of the products
– Lack of storage facilities and procedures, post-harvest management and their training needs
– Lack of simple and appropriate agro techniques
– Secretive and unorganised nature of medicinal plant business
– Lack of transparent supply chain information and mutually enforcing code of collection and sharing of
marketing benefits
(continued)