Non-Wood Forest Products Division

The medicinal and aromatic resources of the Western Himalayas are being exploited since long and some of the species became endangered and red listed. Therefore, the institute felt dire need to have a separate Non Wood Forest Products Division, which came into existence during 1998 with responsibility to take up the research activities on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of this region.

Objectives:

• To assess the distribution and status of important NWFP's of the region.
• To assess the demand and supply of important NWFP's.
• To develop appropriate harvesting techniques and post harvesting handling methods for various NWFP's.
• To standardize nursery and cultivation techniques of important MWFP's including red listed Medicinal Plants of the region.
• To establish gremplasm banks for important NWFP's.

Head of the Division : Sh. K.D. Sharma