Medicinal plants are an opportunity for rural tourism to flourish in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad

Throughout history, man had no choice but to resort to medicinal plants, although in the last half century the use of chemical and synthetic drugs became very popular, but quickly due to their harmful effects on life caused people to turn to medicinal plants again.

The role and importance of medicinal plants in improving the health and quality of life of people as well as creating job opportunities through the economic production of medicinal plants and their products requires, attracting sick and in need of treatment for treatment and recovery as a tourist Medical tourism should be considered.

Considering the fact that the farms and breeding grounds of most medicinal plants in the world are located in rural areas and due to the beneficial effects of tourist therapy using traditional medicine-arbitration plants, to attract special tourists (sick people) in rural areas. It can provide the ground for rural development.

Meanwhile, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad is one of the most diverse provinces in the country with more than 400 species of medicinal plants out of a total of 2,000 existing plant species.

Among them, 46 species of endemic plants and three rare medicinal plants in the world, including Barijeh, Angozeh and Gazangbin, are found in abundance in the heights of this province.

Achillea millefolium, Bilhar, edible jashir, leek, clus, red rose, kardeh, thyme, overturned tulip, taranjabin, kharo, clay, chosh, derma, rice, chicory and black seed are among the medicinal and edible plants in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad that before Corona has been the host of many domestic and foreign tourists interested in traditional medicine.

There are medicinal plants with countless industrial and edible properties in the highlands of the rural areas of the province, which with the principled and scientific planning of the officials can make a profitable business in attracting rural tourism to the people of the province.

Since the development of tourism in a region is always affected by local capabilities and capabilities, so the presence of medicinal plants in rural areas of this country can be one of the ways to develop the tourism industry along with generating income for the people of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad.

Planning for proper and scientific use of medicinal plants such as thyme, yarrow, mint, shallot and overturned tulips is another tourism capability in the cities of the province.

Therefore, considering that tourism is one of the fastest growing industries. With the growth and prosperity of tourism, new needs and demands arise and the amount of demand for existing goods, services and facilities increases. Medicinal plants in rural areas of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad can provide an environment for creating new businesses and increase the entrepreneurial spirit among the villagers. Therefore, the tourism boom makes the rural environment economically dynamic, and in fact, the rural environment to It becomes a motivating and motivating environment for entrepreneurship.

Identified capacities for growing medicinal plants

“According to expert studies, 200,000 hectares of the province’s rangelands are prone to the development of medicinal plants,” said Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, technical deputy director of the General Directorate of Natural Resources and Watershed Management.

Goodarz Bagherifard added, “Preserving rangelands as a national treasure, creating jobs for local communities and valuing them due to the export of medicinal plants are the benefits of cultivating these products.”

Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, technical deputy director of the General Directorate of Natural Resources and Watershed Management, said: “A comprehensive document on the development of medicinal plants in the province has been prepared, and the realization of production prosperity in this area requires the participation of trustees.”

“Creating medicinal plant processing infrastructure is one way to increase the motivation of farmers to boost production,” he said.

“If the infrastructure for the export of medicinal plants is provided, it has a good capacity for currency exchange and revenue generation with non-oil products,” Bagherifard said, noting that the province’s products for the cultivation of medicinal plants are now sold raw.

Measures taken to develop medicinal plants

Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, technical deputy director of the General Department of Natural Resources and Watershed Management, said: “Since the beginning of 1392, 28,000 hectares of medicinal plants have been developed in the province’s rangelands.”

Goodarz Bagherifard stated: “40,000 Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad rangelands have been rehabilitated since 2004 using the cultivation of medicinal plants.”

“According to the plan, 3,000 hectares of the province’s pastures will be planted with medicinal plants this year,” Bagheri-Fard said.

Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, deputy technical director of the General Directorate of Natural Resources and Watershed Management, stated: “20 tons of seeds of medicinal plants, including Angozeh, Barijeh and Klous, have been purchased and stored for the development of medicinal plants in 1400.”

Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, technical deputy director of the General Department of Natural Resources and Watershed Management, said: “In 1999, about 19 tons of leachate of Angozeh medicinal plant was harvested in this province, which has earned about 46 billion rials for farmers in rural areas.” »

Payment of facilities

Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, deputy director of crop production improvement at the Jihad Agricultural Organization, said: “The province’s agricultural jihad supports the establishment of agricultural tourism farms with priority given to the cultivation of medicinal plants such as lemons, aloe vera, peppermint and rosemary by paying low-cost banking facilities.”

Shahram Askari, referring to the high employment of medicinal plants, the possibility of export, attracting rural tourists interested in traditional medicine and the good capacity of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad to cultivate medicinal plants, said: “A cheap bank is paid a 6 percent fee.”

“Due to the construction of a medicinal plant processing plant in Gachsaran, which is to be operational by the end of 1400, there is a capacity to cultivate medicinal plants in 1,500 hectares of agricultural land in the province,” Obian said.

Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, deputy director of crop production improvement at the Jihad Agricultural Organization, stressed: “In the year 99.30 tons of medicinal plants produced in the province were exported to foreign countries.”

“In 1999, medicinal plants were planted on 205 hectares of farms in rural areas of the province, which has created 500 new jobs,” he added.