1 research report ix adrt 115 cultivation of medicinal crops and aromatic as a means diversification in agriculture r s deshpande neelakanta nt naveen hegde agricultural development rural transformation centre institute for social economic change nagarbhavi bangalore 560 072 june 2006 2 contents title page no preface ii acknowledgements iii list tables iv figures vii chapter i introduction 20 importance the 3 world trade 5 4 marketing channels plants 9 need study 10 6 objectives 11 7 methodology 12 8 introducing selected 14 design 16 21 44 karnataka indian context 22 24 swot analysis collection 40 policy prospects limitations 41 summary 43 relative economics 45 67 sweet flag