New insights explain that organic agriculture as sustainable agriculture enhances the sustainable development of medicinal plants.

ABSTRACT: As global health care demand continues to increase, medicinal plant productivity must progress without exhausting critical environmental resources. Hence, it is important to explore practices that can improve the quality, safety, and sustainability of medicinal plants, as well as ecological stability. Organic farming has recently gained significance as a sustainable cultivation alternative owing to increased awareness of the adverse effects of conventional cultivation method. Here, this study aimed to investigate the feasibility of organic farming as a solution for sustainable cultivation of medicinal plants from multiple perspectives and long-term benefits to the environment. Organic agricultural practices of medicinal plants were evaluated from a multi-dimensional perspective (environmen

SUBMITTER: Jiang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9562643 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature