Greece to support pharmaceutical herbs

The Greek agricultural development and food ministry will make great effort to support the sector of aromatic and pharmaceutical herbs in the country with the purpose of making aromatic herbs a dynamic alternative crop, the Greek government said on Thursday.

The government decided to take six measures to boost the industry, including

- holding training seminars for agriculturalists and cultivators in the cultivation technique,

- activating all the state's potential for the promotion of aromatic and pharmaceutical herbs in the local and international market,

- producing local multiplying material to limit imports and reduce production costs,

- modernizing legislation in the sector.

Source: Xinhua