This Book Deals With 29 High Value Medicinal Plants Of The Himalayan Region.  Each Plant Forms a Chapter of The Book and The Agro-Techniques Presented Are Based on Academic Research and Practical  Experiences of Many Persons Including The Author, NGOs, Foresters, Self-Help Groups, Nurserymen, Traditional Healers Etc.  of The Himalayan Region. This Book is Aimed of Providing a Plethra of Information on History, Botany, Pharmacology,  Phytochemistry, Agronomy and Biotechnology of the Medicinal Plants Represented.

The Agro-Techniques Have Been Written in a Lucid Style so that Even a farmer With Basic Education May Undertake Cultivation by Following The Suggestions. In The Presentation, a Short Taxonomic Description is Followed by Chemical Constituents of  The Plant, Biological Activities and Traditional Uses. Simple Micropropagation techniques on the Relevant Plants Have Been  Incorporated for Making Mass Propagation Practicable Even by Small Nurseries. Cost Benefit Analysis of Cultivating the  Plants Have Been Incorporated to Give A Projected Benefit of Cultivation to Farmers. References for Every Species Have  Been Included Giving Scientific Validity to The Work. In a Way , the Book Is a Manual for Cultivators and A Monograph for  The Research Minded. At Present , Cultivation of Food Grains is not Economically Sustainable in the Himalayan Regions. However, Non-Availability of Cultivation Technology Packages Hiners Medicinal plants Sector. The Present Book Will Serve The  Cultivators In Different Zone Of The Himalaya, as they will have Ready Production Technology for Sufficient Number  of Plants for Their Respective Locations. This Book is Also Aimed At Conservation of High Value Himalayan Medicinal  Plants and Improvement of Livelihood in the Mountain Villages through Economy Generation While Providing a Ready Reference for Research on Technology Development Scale-up and Biotechnology. It is Expected that The Book Would  Be of Assistance To Growers of Medicinal Plants, Conservationists, Self-help Groups, Extension Workers, Students, Scientists and Exporters.