New Delhi. The market of natural products and medicines is so big that the natural products used in it are always in demand, so why not try your hand in the business of medicinal plant cultivation. In this, the cost is not only low and long term earning is also assured. For the cultivation of medicinal plants, neither a large farm nor investment is required. For this farming there is no need to even sow one’s own field. You can also take it on contract.
Nowadays many companies are cultivating medicines on contract. To start their cultivation, you need to spend only a few thousand rupees, but the earning is in lakhs.
These things can be cultivated
Most of the herbal plants like Tulsi, Artemisia annua, Mulathi, Aloe vera etc. are ready in a very short time. Some of these plants can also be grown in small pots. To start their cultivation, you need to spend only a few thousand rupees, but the earning is in lakhs. These days, there are many such pharmaceutical companies in the country which even enter into contracts for purchasing crops, which ensures earning.
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Earning Rs 3 lakh in 3 months
Generally, Tulsi is associated with religious matters, but one can earn money by cultivating Tulsi which has medicinal properties. There are many types of basil, which contain eugenol and methyl cinnamate. Using them, medicines for serious diseases like cancer are made. It costs only 15 thousand rupees to grow basil on 1 hectare, but after 3 months this crop is sold for about 3 lakh rupees.
The companies making Ayurvedic medicines like Patanjali, Dabur, Vaidyanath etc. are also doing contract farming of Tulsi cultivation. Who buys the crop through her own means. There is a big market for basil seeds and oil. Oil and basil seeds are sold at new rates every day.
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Training is necessary
For medicinal plant cultivation, it is important that you have good training so that you do not get cheated in future. Lucknow-based Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) provides training for the cultivation of these plants. The pharmaceutical companies also sign contracts with you through CIMAP, hence you will not have to go here and there.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : May 19, 2021, 07:13 IST