[MPWG] `Global Medicinal Plants Demand May Touch $ 5 Trillion By 2050'

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Full story (from The Financial Express, New Delhi) 
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=55804

>>...Medicinal herbs, largely organic, are part of the $36.89 billion global 
market for organic food. The demand for medicinal plant-based raw materials is 
growing at the rate of 15 to 25 per cent annually. According to the estimate 
of the World Health Organisation (WHO), the demand for medicinal plants is 
likely to increase from the current $14 billion a year to $5 trillion in 2050. 
The global trade in medicines and food supplements made out of herbs is, 
however, higher at $60 billion a year...<< 

Jennifer Chesworth, Sombra Buena Organic Forest Products  www.sombrabuena.com
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