Unpublished study maps production and potential of medicinal plants in Brazil

The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) and the Ministry of Agriculture (Mapa) presented the results of what they consider to be the largest diagnosis ever made in Brazil about the productive potential of medicinal, aromatic, condiment and food plants. In all, the value chains of 26 plant species - 18 extractive and eight cultivated - were mapped. For each one, producers, ways of selling products and potential consumers were identified, in addition to the main challenges and ways to improve production. Mapping is part of the ArticulaFito Project - Value Chains in Medicinal Plants, the results of which are available on social networks (Photo: Marcelo Camargo / Agência Brasil) "We believe that this can be a field with a lot of income generation for our farmers", says the secretary of Family Agriculture and Cooperatives of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fernando Schwanke. "Brazil is a major importer of oils from other countries when we have a family farmer who can produce many of these ...