Cooperation to reach the market of wild medicinal and aromatic plants

Objective:

The production of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) has interesting growth prospects, but the atomization of farms hinders their business development, having to bet on a cooperative model, that facilitates the transformation and commercialisation. This is an issue that affecting both agricultural production and wild exploitation. This factsheet presents the needs of the stakeholders and some success stories.

Context:

In some territories, the productions are small and only have exit if they combine the production with the dissemination and the direct sale of product, being essential a network of collaboration between producers, to exchange information, help the commercialisation and act as a union. Forestry actors in Catalonia (Spain) consider necessary to create transformation centers, under the cooperative formula, to process wild plants, retain added value and supply products to customers with certain periodicity and guarantee (ValuePAM project).

Contacts:

Eva Moré, eva.more@ctfc.cat, http://www.ctfc.cat/

Further information:

Pascual, A. Cultivo de aromáticas, buenas perspectivas ante el aumento de la demanda mundial. EFEagro, 29 agosto 2018. https://www.efeagro.com/noticia/aromaticas/

Results of INTERREG SUDOE ValuePAM project:

- Conclusiones del proyecto. VALUEPAM - Valorización de plantas aromático-medicinales silvestres: Gestión sostenible de la biodiversidad vegetal y desarrollo socioeconómico de las zonas rurales del espacio SUDOE.

- Dinàmica participativa: Quines accions es podrien emprendre al territori per a la generació d'activitat econòmica a partir de la genciana i altres plantes silvestres?. Jornades tècniques Més enllà de la recol·lecció de genciana: perspectives de desenvolupament en zones de muntanya. Alp, 7 marzo 2018, y Sort, 20 marzo 2018. INTERREG SUDOE ValuePAM.

- Estrategias de comercio de plantas aromáticas y medicinales autóctonas. Solsona, 22 de mayo 2018. INTERREG SUDOE ValuePAM.

- Asociacionismo: clave en el desarrollo del sector de las plantas aromáticas y medicinales. Solsona, 19 octubre 2018. INTERREG SUDOE ValuePAM.

http://www.valuepam.eu/resultados.php

Etat des lieux et perspectives des débouchés des petits producteurs de PPAM – GAAP – PAPDD 2015/2016.

file:///C:/Users/eva.more/Downloads/rapport_-_gaap_agro-_plantes_a_parfum_-_2016.pdf

AFC - Association Française des Professionnels de la cueillette de plantes sauvages http://www.cueillettes-pro.org

SICARAPPAM Coopérative Agricole http://www.sicarappam.com

SYNDICAT DES SIMPLES https://www.syndicat-simples.org/

Parc de les Olors https://parcdelesolors.com/

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