Culture of Medicinal Plants in the city of Fortaleza as a proposal for the sustainable development of the municipality
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Summary, in English
Medicinal plants cultivation has grown all over the world. This paper studies the role of Medicinal plants cultivation in sustainable development. The research takes the city of Fortaleza in Brazil as a case study. The results show that the proposed Living Pharmacy Program, which has been implanting for more than 20 years since 1990 in the municipality of Fortaleza, is enlarging the access of the population to the medicinal plants and physiotherapeutic medications, awakening their ecological conscience and thus contributing to economic and sustainable development of the municipality.
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Publishing year
2015
Language
English
Pages
177-182
Publication/Series
International Journal of Life Science and Engineering
Volume
1
Issue
4
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Document type
Journal article
Publisher
American Institute of Science, American Institute of Science
Topic
- Other Social Sciences
- Other Agricultural Sciences
Keywords
- Sustainable Development
- Sustainable Developmenteza
- Medicinal Plants
- Living Pharmacy Program
- FortalFortaleza
Status
Published