Table 5 Major institutions involved in funding projects to the medicinal plants research in India.
From: Developing the medicinal plants sector in northern India: challenges and opportunities
Institutions | Funding for major areas in medicinal plants research |
|---|---|
National Medicinal Plants Board, NMPB | Survey, documentation, cultivation, marketing, conservation |
Department of Science & Technology, DST | Taxonomy, ecology, pathology, survey, propagation, documentation, cultivation, conservation |
Council for Scientific & Industrial Research, CSIR | Ecology, taxonomy, biochemistry, survey, documentation, cultivation, genetics, agro-technology, conservation |
Indian Council of Medical Research, ICMR | Breeding, value addition |
All India Council for Technical Education, AICTE | Management technology |
Department of Biotechnology, DBT | Agro-technology, molecular biology, biochemistry, rural bio-technology |
Defense Research & Development Organization, DRDO | Agro-technology, survey, documentation, conservation |
Indian Council of Agricultural Research, ICAR | Breeding, pathology, molecular biology |
Ministry of Environment & Forest, MoEF | Survey, documentation, conservation, management, ecological impact assessment, cultivation |
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, NABARD | Cultivation, marketing |
University Grant Commission, UGC | Ecology, biochemistry, survey, documentation |
Herbal Research and Development Institute, HRDI | Survey, documentation, nursery development |
G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development, GBPIHED | Survey, documentation, cultivation, conservation |