Abstract: India is home to a great variety of medicinally important plant species and in the overall world, among 12 mega-diversity countries, India ranked sixth. In the Indian System of Medicine such as Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, Homeopathy, more than one and half million practitioners use medicinal plants in preventive, promotive, and curative applications. The global market for herbal products is continuously expanding and by the year 2050, it is expected to touch the mark of US$ 5 trillion. Despite the richest source of many kinds of medicinal plants, India's share is only 0.5%. Improving the agricultural scenario should be given the topmost priority in order to ensure inclusive growth, food security to the public, and poverty reduction. This paper aims to analyze lavender plant farming in the district budgam of Jammu and Kashmir......
Keywords: Agriculture, Farming, Economy, Lavender, Medicinal plants
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