Article: W Bengal med plant cultivation supported.(Brief Article)

In India, the West Bengal government's efforts to promote the state as a location for medicinal plant cultivation is having some success, with the Hyderabad-based bio-herbal company Nahdan Biomatrix agreeing to establish a 100-hectare integrated cultivation, R&D and processing facility for medicinal herbs at a cost of around 10.0 billion rupees ($229.7 million).

The firm's chief executive, Bhaskar Rao, said in an interview that "the project will be developed in two phases over the next two years. Initial cultivation will include safed musli (often referred to as the herbal ...

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