Mohammad Reza Sayadi; Mehdi Ghorbani; Mohammad Jafari; Hamidreza Keshtkar; Leila Avazpour
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The objective of this paper is to identify the factors affecting the medicinal plant supply chain in the Nadushan region using a Glaser approach. The research method is applied in terms of purpose and qualitative in terms of method based on grounded theory and Glaser approach (emerging approach); and ...
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The objective of this paper is to identify the factors affecting the medicinal plant supply chain in the Nadushan region using a Glaser approach. The research method is applied in terms of purpose and qualitative in terms of method based on grounded theory and Glaser approach (emerging approach); and it is exploratory based on the nature of the data and the use of inductive philosophy. The study population consisted of experienced local people and managers and experts in the field of the medicinal plant supply chain with more than five years of experience. Participants were selected using purposeful sampling and theoretical judgment. The data collection method was fieldwork, and the data collection tool was in-depth and structured interviews with 30 participants, including native farmers (15), researchers and experts (10), and intermediaries (5) in the field. The grounded theory approach was used to analyze the data and identify the key factors affecting the supply chain. The results identified 9 selective codes and 41 core codes. The factors affecting the supply chain include climate and weather, the region's high potential for medicinal plant cultivation, initial budget and capital, storage conditions, institutional support, policy, medicinal plant production and harvesting management, medicinal plant processing management, and the use of healthy practices in productivity. Therefore, ensuring a sustainable and efficient supply chain is crucial for maintaining the quality, availability, and affordability of medicinal plants.
Maedeh Omidi nowbijar; Hossein Barani; Mohammad Rahim Forouzeh; Ahmad Abedi Sarvestani
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Throughout history, humans have harnessed the healing power of plants and animals, accumulating invaluable knowledge about their therapeutic benefits. Today, the rise in side effects of modern medicine, the urgent need for new drug discovery, and the potential loss of indigenous wisdom necessitate documenting ...
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Throughout history, humans have harnessed the healing power of plants and animals, accumulating invaluable knowledge about their therapeutic benefits. Today, the rise in side effects of modern medicine, the urgent need for new drug discovery, and the potential loss of indigenous wisdom necessitate documenting this knowledge. This research aimed to record the traditional treatment practices of stockbreeders in eastern Gilan, Iran, relying on ethnographic methods like direct observation, participatory observation, and semi-structured interviews conducted in rural and nomadic communities. The results were classified into four sections: medicinal and edible plants, animal products, minerals, and other measures. Stockbreeders utilize 52 medicinal plants from 28 families, primarily for treating digestive, respiratory, infectious, kidney, heart, wound, and fracture ailments. Milk and its products are important for digestive, skin, and hair health. Minerals like mountain soil are used to treat kidney diseases and wounds. Quantitative analysis is crucial in studying traditional therapies and can lead to the discovery of new bioactive compounds for clinical trials. Documenting indigenous treatment methods and passing them on to future generations strengthens scientific knowledge, preserves our rich medical heritage, and provides a valuable source of treatment options.
Malihe Erfani; Tahereh Ardakani; Fatemeh Jahanishakib
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Establishing a balance between protection and utilizing ecosystem services is a primary challenge in land management. Quantifying ecosystem services and assigning them value to mitigate the impacts of human actions may offer a potential resolution. Among the ecosystem services under significant ...
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Establishing a balance between protection and utilizing ecosystem services is a primary challenge in land management. Quantifying ecosystem services and assigning them value to mitigate the impacts of human actions may offer a potential resolution. Among the ecosystem services under significant pressure from exploitation is the quality of plant habitats. This study was explored in evaluating plant habitat quality in Kerman province and focused on one of its functions, namely the cultivation of medicinal plants. The InVEST method is used for modeling, whose inputs are layers of destruction resources, land use, and tables of threat and sensitivity resources, and the plant habitat quality map as an output has values in the score ranging from 0 to 1. Valuation of the habitat service layer was also done according to the allowed harvest price of rangeland medicinal plants. The results showed that valuable habitats are mainly covered by dense grasslands. The habitat hotspots extracted by the Jenks natural breaks algorithm showed that their area was 3,358,768 hectares, which includes 37% of rangeland land and 1% of the total area of the province. Also, according to the value of Moran’s index, it has a significant clustered distribution. (z-score=1328.83, p-value=0.00). Evaluation results showed that the total value of rangeland in the province is more than 32 billion tomans, the share of low and high-density rangeland are 12053925412 and 19948204105 tomans respectively. The results of this study can be used as an effective decision-support tool for prioritizing areas for conservation and management measures in the entire province.
Reza Yari; Moslem Rostampour; Seyedeh Mahbubeh Mirmiran
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Estimating the nutritional value of forage is one of the main aspects of livestock management in rangelands. Since medicinal plants have a major contribution to the composition of rangeland vegetation, this research was conducted to determine the nutritional value of nine species of medicinal plants ...
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Estimating the nutritional value of forage is one of the main aspects of livestock management in rangelands. Since medicinal plants have a major contribution to the composition of rangeland vegetation, this research was conducted to determine the nutritional value of nine species of medicinal plants in the two stages of vegetative growth and flower in the rangelands of southern Khorasan province . samples were collected and drying , the percentage of crude protein, acid detergent fiber , neutral detergent fiber , dry matter digestibility and metabolizable energy were determined. To statistically analyze the data, a factorial experiment in the form of a completely random design with two factors: species in 9 levels and stage in 2 levels (vegetation and flowering) was used. Two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used. The results showed that all studied traits were affected by the interaction of plant species and phenological stage. Increasing the length of growth from the vegetative stage to flowering in most species caused a decrease in crude protein, percentage of dry matter digestibility and metabolizable energy, and an increase in the percentage of acid detergent fiber . The highest amount of crude protein and digestibility of dry matter was observed in Ru.scutatus species at the vegetative stage. In this investigation, the amount of protein, digestibility and metabolic energy were observed in amounts above the critical limit in the vegetative stage and in Thymus kotschyanus, Rumex scutatus and Ferula haussknechtii species. Therefore, the end of the growing season with the reduction of essential oil in these species can be considered as the right time for livestock grazing in these species.
Zakiye Dastoori; Mohammad Farzam
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Ferula foetida is one of the important medicinal plants in the steppe rangelands of Iran. Applying effective methods for its establishment can be useful for reviving the ecosystems of arid areas and the economy of its indigenous people. Due to the fact that drought stress is one of the main limitations ...
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Ferula foetida is one of the important medicinal plants in the steppe rangelands of Iran. Applying effective methods for its establishment can be useful for reviving the ecosystems of arid areas and the economy of its indigenous people. Due to the fact that drought stress is one of the main limitations in the establishment of plants in arid and semi-arid regions, in this study the effects of various treatments were studied on seed germination and establishment of Ferula foetida seedlings, in the Kakhk Twin Watersheds, located in the south of Khorasan Razavi province, Gonabad city. Experiment included some soil moisture conservation treatments (stone shelter, superabsorbent, superabsorbent + stone shelter or control) and seed treatments (prechilling or control), with 30 replicates for each treatment. Superabsorbent + sand shelters and sand shelters alone, reduced temperature and increased soil moisture. Moisture conservation treatments led to higher number of seedling emergence and survival and higher seedling height than those of control. Among the moisture conservation treatments, superabsorbent + stone shelter performed better, especially for the prechilled seedlings. According to the our results, superabsorbents and stone shelters can improve the production and productivity of Ferula foetida, especially during the drought times. We also suggest prechilling treatments to overcome the dormancy of Ferula foetida seeds.
elham fakhimi; Javad Motamedi; Zeinab Gholipour; Ezat allah Soleimani; Shahbaz Shamsoddini
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Knowledge of medicinal plants and economic evaluation of their use is one of the basic requirements for the preparation of multi-purpose rangeland plans. The aim of this study was to estimate the economic indicators of the use of medicinal plants used in Aliabad Mosiri summer rangeland, located in Koohrang ...
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Knowledge of medicinal plants and economic evaluation of their use is one of the basic requirements for the preparation of multi-purpose rangeland plans. The aim of this study was to estimate the economic indicators of the use of medicinal plants used in Aliabad Mosiri summer rangeland, located in Koohrang Bakhtiari. For this purpose, in the years 2018 to 2020, while sampling the vegetation and measuring the amount of organ production used by medicinal plants and the amount of forage of grazing species, economic indicators were calculated according to the collected data. According to the results, gross income from the use of medicinal plants includes; Shallots (Allium hirtifolium), Allium jesdianum, Allium ampeloprasu, Mentha longifolia and Thymus daenensis, in a harvest period, was estimated at 1139.463974 million Rials per hectare. From the deduction of overt and covert operating costs, the economic rent resulting from the sale of medicinal plants, 40,0342,242 million Rials per hectare per year was obtained. The expected value of each hectare of rangelands in the region from the place of exploitation of medicinal plants, taking into account the discount rate of 5.4 percent in September 2020, 71.74547 million Rials per hectare and from the place of forage for grazing livestock, 1.130050 million rials per hectare. It was estimated that the share of medicinal plants in the total expected value is 87%. .Also, the annual employment of medicinal plants in the 300-hectare area of distribution of medicinal plants, three people per year, was calculated
