The importance of plant ferula in sustainable rural development Case study: Lazour village, City of Firouzkooh

zohreh najafi asl¹

1) Assistant Professor, Department of Social sciences

IOI Code : XYCH-AECZB
Publication : 3rd International conference on Management , Economics and Humanities(icmeh.org)
Abstract :
    Today, taking into account the fundamental components of sustainable rural development through increased income, employment, prevention of migration and social instability, maintaining the ecology, including this research have shown that not enough attention is given to the range of villagers knowledge about indigenous botany and traditional techniques to exploit every habitat in order to improve their production and use in various industries, especially pharmaceuticals. Studies have shown that these plants, regardless of their actual value, are exported in raw form and after applying scientific and technological interactions are imported in the form of drugs and other health and beauty products, imposing a very high charge to the country. Owing to the wide range of native knowledge of plants and improving the appropriate planting of lands under cultivation and increased cultivation in different industries, this undertaking can improved socioeconomic status of the rural environment and sustainable development. In this paper, herbal industrial plant ferula was studied. Attempts have been made to identify appropriate cultivation methods, techniques and practices related to diverse harvest of this plant and examine problems in the way of farmers in producing this valuable plant in the village. Keywords: plant ferula, indigenous techniques of planting ferula, indigenous knowledge , sustainable development.

Keywords : plant ferula indigenous botany indigenous medical knowledge indigenous techniques of planting ferula sustainable development