Diversification opportunities through plant-based medicinal and cosmetic products
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How to create diversification opportunities for farmers through innovative value chains of plant-based medicinal and cosmetic products?
The final report of this Focus Group has been published.
Tasks:
- Collect data, studies and existing knowledge regarding the demand for plants for medicinal and cosmetic use.
- Identify existing value chains of plant-based medicinal and cosmetic products where farmers play a substantial role. The identified value chains should take into account different climatic conditions, agro-ecosystems and forms of cooperation along the value chain.
- Identify the main actors and drivers of the value chains of plant-based medicinal and cosmetic products considering knowledge, skills, technical, legal, economic and organisational requirements.
- Assess the economic viability and environmental performance of the identified value chains, notably with regard to the diversification of farmers’ and foresters’ income and the environmental performance of the holding and of the whole value chain.
- Suggest innovative business models to foster integrated links between production/agribusiness/applied research.
- Identify further research needs from practice and possible gaps in technical knowledge.
- Suggest innovative solutions and provide ideas for EIP-AGRI Operational Groups and other innovative projects.
Results:
Other information:
- Agenda 1st meeting 15-16 May 2019 - Setubal, Portugal
- Agenda 2nd meeting 23-24 October 2020 - Chemillé, France
- Minipaper: Main actors, markets and collaboration of MAPs value chain
- Minipaper: Business models and empowerment of farmers
- Minipaper: Benefits of aromatic and medicinal plants for farming/forest systems
- Minipaper: Raw materials for medicinal, food suplements and other products
- Minipaper: Wild collection
- Minipaper: Knowledge and technical needs in production of raw materials
- Minipaper: Postharvest handling and drying
- Minipaper: Knowledge exchange and training
Focus Group members:
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Surname, first name
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Profession
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Country
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Moré Palos, Eva
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Adviser
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Spain
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Olsanska, Gabriela
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Adviser
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Czech Republic
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Primavera, Andrea
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Adviser
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Italy
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Rode, Janko
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Civil servant
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Slovenia
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Carmody, Kate
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Farmer
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Ireland
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de Jongh, Willemijn
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Farmer
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Portugal
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Księżopolski, Robert
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Farmer
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Poland
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Mikulcic Jakopovic, Snježana
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Farmer
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Croatia
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Peycheva-Miteva, Galina
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Farmer
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Bulgaria
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Redek, Jernej
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Farmer
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Slovenia
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Zapušek, Alenka
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Farmer
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Slovenia
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Cogliandro, Alessia
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Industry
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Belgium
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De Paoli, Alexandra
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Herbal therapist and expert on medicinal plants
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Sweden
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Fernandez Moya, Jesus
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Forester and land owner
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Spain
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Freire Cavaleiro, Carlos Manuel
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Researcher
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Portugal
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Frémondière, Guillaume
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Researcher
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France
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Grigoriadou, Katerina
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Researcher
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Greece
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Nicola, Silvana
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Researcher
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Italy
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Schunko, Christoph
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Researcher
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Austria
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Cortegano, Marta
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Representative of an NGO
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Portugal
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Facilitation team
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Argyropoulos, Dimitrios
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Coordinating expert
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Germany
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Karasinski, Céline
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Task manager
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France
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Fernandez-Lopez, Susana
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Backup
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Spain
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