Indian March from Forestry and Agrobased Traditional Knowledge to Industry Based Pharma Industry

Agroforestry was born as a branch of forestry in 1960 at FRI, Dehradun to optimize production and economic returns per unit area in lieu of sustainable development besides meeting the social, cultural, religious, spiritual needs of human beings and maintain ecological equilibrium of the biome. Along with social forestry, farm forestry, organic farming and herbal gardens, agroforestry is also the answer to the good and technique based raw materials to the Pharma industry and alternative therapies such as Ayurvedic, Unani, Sidha, Homeopathy and Tibetan traditional system to meet the needs of domestic medicinal markets and as an export earner.