HERBAL, MEDICAL AND AROMATIC CROPS IN REVIEW
UPCOMING EVENTS
IV International Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
| What | Symposium |
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| When | 24th to 26th Mar 2011 |
| Where | Djerba, Tunisia (TUN) |
| More Info | http://www.sipam.ira.rnrt.tn/ |
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I International Symposium on Medicinal, Aromatic and Nutraceutical Plants from Mountainous Areas
| What | Symposium |
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| When | 6th to 9th Jul 2011 |
| Where | Saas-Fee, Switzerland (CHE) |
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More information:
Dr. Christoph Carlen, Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil ACW, Department Head, Centre des Fougères, 1964 Conthey, Switzerland.
Phone: (41) 27 345 35 11, Fax: (41) 27 346 30 17,
E-mail: christoph.carlen@acw.admin.ch
Resources
Associations/Centers
International Centre for Underutilised Crops
International Council for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (ICMAP)
Best Practices
Advances in the Implementation of Good Practises for the Collection of Wild Species in the Value Chain of Natural Ingredients. BTFP Technical Update Issue 6, Oct. 2005
International Standards for Sustainable Wild Collection of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (ISSC-MAP). The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and World Conservation Union (IUCN) are in process of developing this international standard.
WHO Guidelines on Good Agricultural and Collection Practises (GACP) for Medicinal Plants. 2003.
Boards
Andhra Pradesh Medicinal & Aromatic Plants Board
Conferences
World Congress on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants for Human Welfare (WOCMAP). Second announcement for WOCMAP IV congress to be held in Cape Town, South Africa, Nov. 9-14, 2008
Crops Databases
EcoCrop: The Crop Environmental Requirements Database. This FAO database includes a search function for several hundred MAPs related to their environmental needs and medicinal uses
EcoPort. This FAO knowledge management system is associated with EcoCrop. It has data on over 550 MAPs including precautions.
Food Composition
INFOODS FAO's food composition system.
Research
Industrial Utilization of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. UN Industrial Development Organization. International Centre for Science and High Technology
Union of Concerned Scientists. Results from a search on "pharmaceutical crops".
Trade
Trade in Medicinal Plants. FAO, 2005?