# Certifications for medicinal plants farming

**URL:** <https://discuss.farmnest.com/t/certifications-for-medicinal-plants-farming/43712>\
**Category:** Farm Questions\
**Tags:** soil-management, medicinal-plants, farm-practices\
**Created:** [September 1, 2025, 7:16am UTC](https://discuss.farmnest.com/t/certifications-for-medicinal-plants-farming/43712 "2025-09-01T07:16:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Harin](https://discuss.farmnest.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/258eb7/32.png) [@Harin](https://discuss.farmnest.com/u/Harin)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2025, 7:16am UTC](https://discuss.farmnest.com/t/certifications-for-medicinal-plants-farming/43712/1 "2025-09-01T07:16:43Z")

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I own a piece of land with water facility.planning to start a business model medicinal farming along with other 5 investors (not farmers).what are the relevant certifications needed to start ?

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**Author:** ![UNEnterprise](https://discuss.farmnest.com/user_avatar/discuss.farmnest.com/unenterprise/32/11520_2.png) [@UNEnterprise](https://discuss.farmnest.com/u/UNEnterprise)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.farmnest.com/t/certifications-for-medicinal-plants-farming/43712/2 "2025-09-01T14:42:13Z")

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Crude medicinal herbs market is very volatile , competitive and dominated by traders based in different markets i.e Amritsar, Bengaluru, Chennai, Dehradun, Delhi, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai and Neemuch . Previously Ministry of Ayush and apex body National Medicinal plant Board(NMPB) introduced ( GAP ) Good Agricultural Practices for Producers ( Good Field collection Practices ( GFCP ) for wild collectors in crude medicinal plants category in association with Quality council of India(QCI) as certification body . It was Voluntary Certification scheme for medicinal plant produce (VCSMPP). For manufacturers GMP ( Good Manufacturing Practices ) is applicable .  
A centralized with GAP / GFCP and GMP unit will help you start you new journey .  
But , please make a market survery first , which medicinal; herb will be your USP first .  
We used to be in wild medicinal herbs collection and trading ( Gurmar / Gymnema sylvestre ) but wind up it as manufacturers wants low priced crude products and traders wants best quality at lowest price .

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**Author:** ![Harin](https://discuss.farmnest.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/258eb7/32.png) [@Harin](https://discuss.farmnest.com/u/Harin)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://discuss.farmnest.com/t/certifications-for-medicinal-plants-farming/43712/3 "2025-09-01T17:37:01Z")

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Thana for the suggestion sir