DEHRADUN, March 3 -- A 21- day certificate course on 'Value Addition and Marketing of Non-Timber Forest Produce/ Medicinal plants' was organised by Non Timber Forest Produce Discipline, Silviculture and Forest Management Division at Forest Research Institute, here, today. A group of 20 participants from all over India are participating in this training programme. The course is being conducted under the Green Skill Development Programme (GSDP), sponsored by Union Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), with an objective to grow skills in NTFP /medicinal plant cultivation, harvesting, processing, value addition and marketing.

The programme was inaugurated by Aarti Chaudhary, Head, Silviculture and Forest Management Di...