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Asian Medicinal Plants’ Production and Utilization Potentials: A Review

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Astutik, Sri, Pretzsch, Jürgen, Ndzifon Kimengsi, Jude·2019·Sustainability

Abstract

Medicinal plants research in Asia continues to receive significant national and international attention, particularly concerning its multiple roles in poverty alleviation and health care support. However, scientific information on the institutional arrangements, the potentials of different medicinal plants production systems, and the utilization methods, remain highly fragmented. This incomprehensive information base shades the development of a comprehensive research agenda to improve the current body of knowledge, at least in the context of Asia. To address this impasse and propose future research perspectives, we systematically reviewed 247 journal articles, 15 institutional reports, and 28 book chapters. From the reviews, five key lessons are drawn: (i) Asian medicinal plant production systems demonstrate some dynamics, characterized by a gradual but continuous shift from wild gathering to cultivation, (ii) sub-regional variations exist with regards to the appreciation of medicinal plants potentials for traditional healing, modern healthcare, and livelihoods support, (iii) knowledge on the effect of multi-scale institutional arrangements (formal and informal) on medicinal plant management practices is fragmented, (iv) very few studies dwell on the challenges of medicinal plants commercialization, particularly with regards to the role of middlemen, boom–bust cycle, raw material readiness, and product quality, and (v) law enforcement, benefit and knowledge sharing, and research and development should be prioritized to serve the interest of medicinal plants production actors. To further extend the body of knowledge on medicinal plants in Asia, we advance the need for empirical investigations on the performance of medicinal plants production systems and their contribution to livelihoods in diverse institutional contexts.

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Authors
Astutik, S., Pretzsch, J., & Ndzifon Kimengsi, J.
Affiliations
  • Indonesian Institute of Sciences (ID)
  • Technische Universität Dresden (DE)
  • Institute of International Forestry and Forest Products, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Technische Universität Dresden, 01735 Tharandt, Germany
Corresponding author
Astutik, Sri
Venue
Sustainability
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2019-10-03
Volume
11
Issue
19
Pages
5483
ISSN
2071-1050 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2977853263
Cited by
207
References
272
Citations by year
2026: 29 · 2025: 35 · 2024: 43 · 2023: 40 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 2
FWCI
10.69
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Sustainability (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Kementerian Riset Teknologi Dan Pendidikan Tinggi Republik Indonesia (8245-ID)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Forestry › Forest Ecology and Conservation
Keywords
medicinal plants, cultivation, traditional healing, intermediaries, boom-bust cycles, raw material quality, institutional arrangements, livelihoods, poverty reduction, Asia

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