Sistan and Baluchestan Province in southeastern Iran produces greater than 24,000 tons of medicinal vegetation yearly, in accordance with Alireza Dahmarde, head of the province’s Agricultural Jihad Group.
Talking to IRNA on Saturday, Dahmarde famous that the cultivation space for medicinal vegetation spans 4,109 hectares, with over 200 species of agricultural, backyard, forest, and rangeland vegetation recognized within the area.
Key medicinal vegetation cultivated within the province embrace henna, hibiscus, indigo, damask rose, garlic, inexperienced cumin, fennel, and black seed.
Dahmarde emphasised the significance of increasing the cultivation of low-water, high-value crops and strengthening processing industries to spice up farmers’ incomes and guarantee sustainability amid water shortage and extended droughts.
The mountainous areas of Taftan Peak in Khash, Birak Mountain in Saravan, and Bazman in Iranshahr are highlighted as main hubs for medicinal plant development.
Dahmarde burdened that regardless of the province’s important potential in medicinal plant manufacturing, industrial strategies are underutilized, limiting the sector’s contribution to regional growth.
He referred to as for better educational involvement to reinforce the function of medicinal vegetation within the province’s economic system, noting that whereas Sistan and Baluchestan leads on this subject, its financial influence stays modest.
