Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs): A Landmark towards Agribusiness and Entrepreneurship Development in India
By: Kumar, Surendra
Contributor(s): Lohani, Maya B
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ArticlePublisher: 2015Description: 1248 - 1255Subject(s): Aromatic | Medicinal | Herbal | India | Entrepreneurship Development | Agribusiness | Maps | Medicinal And Aromatic Plants | Aromatic Plants | Medicinal Plants | Agripreneurship | Entrepreneurship Unbound | Entrepreneurship | Eleventh Biennial Conference On Entrepre | Biennial Conference PapersOnline resources: Click here to access online
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Eleventh Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship/ Edited by Sasi Misra, Dinesh Awasthi, Ganapathi BatthiniSummary: In developing countries like India, agribusiness is a generic term that refers to the various businesses involved in food production, including farming and contract farming, seed supply, agrichemicals, farm machinery, wholesale and distribution, processing, marketing, and retail sales. While in real sense agribusiness is emerging as a specialized branch of knowledge in the field of management sciences and can be defined as science and practice of activities, with backward and forward linkages, related to production, processing, marketing, trade, and distribution of raw and processed food, feed and fibre, including supply of inputs and services for these activities. India is on the threshold of an herbal revolution. A shift from 'agriculture' to 'agri-business' is being viewed as an essential pathway to revitalize Indian agriculture. While, the share of agriculture in total GDP is declining, it is still the single largest contributor to the GDP and plays a vital role in the overall socio-economic development of India. Human beings are dependent on plant secondary metabolites for their medicinal and aromatic purpose since the beginning of civilization. In India, nearly 9,500...
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In developing countries like India, agribusiness is a generic term that refers to the various businesses involved in food production, including farming and contract farming, seed supply, agrichemicals, farm machinery, wholesale and distribution, processing, marketing, and retail sales. While in real sense agribusiness is emerging as a specialized branch of knowledge in the field of management sciences and can be defined as science and practice of activities, with backward and forward linkages, related to production, processing, marketing, trade, and distribution of raw and processed food, feed and fibre, including supply of inputs and services for these activities. India is on the threshold of an herbal revolution. A shift from 'agriculture' to 'agri-business' is being viewed as an essential pathway to revitalize Indian agriculture. While, the share of agriculture in total GDP is declining, it is still the single largest contributor to the GDP and plays a vital role in the overall socio-economic development of India. Human beings are dependent on plant secondary metabolites for their medicinal and aromatic purpose since the beginning of civilization. In India, nearly 9,500...
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