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Capabilities, Challenges and Management Strategies for the Development of Medicinal Plants in Kurdistan province, Iran
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Maziar Haidari *   , Bohlol Abaszadeh2 , Sheyda Khosravi3 , Azad Rastegar3 |
Forests and Rangelands Research Department, Kurdistan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research, Forests and Rangelands Research Department, Kurdistan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Sanandaj, Iran , m.haidari@areeo.ac.ir
2- 2Associate Prof., Medical Research Plants Division, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, AREEO, Tehran, I.R. Iran.
3- Forests and Rangelands Research Department, Kurdistan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Sanandaj, Iran |
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Abstract: (408 Views) |
Even though Kurdistan province in Iran has great potential for the development of the medicinal plant industies, the province does not hold a special position in terms of cultivated area, performance or expansion of this sector. This research was conducted with the aim of identifying the existing capacities and potentials in the field of medicinal plants development in Kurdistan province, as well as determining the challenges and management strategies in this regard by surveying experts and activists. A SWOT analysis was utilized to identify Kurdistan's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats relating to the development of its medicinal plants industry. The strategic position and action evaluation matrix was used in order to determine the strategy for managing the development of medicinal plants in this province. This study revealed that according to the actors, the most important strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for the development of medicinal plant cultivation in the province are: The presence of 144 medicinal plants in the province, The high initial costs and the absence of low interest rate loans with grace periods, The presence of 7500 and 4000 plant species in the Iran and Zagros region, respectively, as well as 2200 medicinal species in the country, the lack of financial support by the government for the development of irrigation modern systems , medicinal plants in Kurdistan. The actors confirmed that the conservative management strategy for medicinal plants development in Kurdistan province. The three following general programs were proposed in accordance with this strategy: 1) Increasing scientific researches, and executive supports for the development of medicinal plants in Kurdistan province, 2) to be increased the area planted with medicinal plants in the province from 2,500 to 25,000 hectares in the Iranian seventh and eighth five-year economic, social, and cultural development plans, and 3) increasing by focus on medicinal plants by the Agricultural Jihad Organization of Kurdistan province and improving added value of products obtained from these plants.
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Article number: 7 |
| Keywords: Conservative strategy, Development management strategy, Flora of Kurdistan, SWOT, Medicinal plant |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2023/09/27 | Accepted: 2023/12/23 | Published: 2024/10/7
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