EXTRACTION AND CULTIVATION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS IN THE HOMESTEAD FARM “DUNDURI” OF LUDZA MUNICIPALITY

Abstract

The aim of the work: to evaluate the development possibilities of the economic activity of the homestead farm “Dunduri” by collecting and cultivating medicinal plants.

The work was developed the basis on European Union and Latvian regulatory documents and guidelines applicable to the collection and processing of medicinal plants, special literature and homestead data.

It is important to understand what steps to take, what problems to face and how will affect activities in the future in the field of harvesting medicinal plants.

The work examines the extraction of medicinal plants in Europe and Latvia, the guidelines for collecting and growing plants and the classification of medicinal plants, provides a description of the resources of the homestead farm “Dunduri”, examines the growing and harvesting technologies of medicinal plants and their realization possibilities, analyses the farm economic activities and development opportunities.