be developed as the centre for developing product for maintaining health and supporting economy for local communities. The farmers, especially the women, who have high commitment are important assets need to be empowered to support the family income. II. METHODOLOGY - Training on medicinal plants’ uses for maintaining health Training was car r ied by workshops on determining variety of local medicinal plants and their uses to maintain health. - Optimization and extension of herbal garden area In order to fulfill the demand of herbal industry, the quantity of herbal medicine raw materials was increased by planting more cultivars in Gama Herbal Garden. Gynura procumbens is the main target for upscaling cultivation since it is the one needed by PT Phapros, the marketing partner. In 2015, more G. procumbens had been planted by intercropping/ “tumpang sari” system. Training on Good Agriculture and Collection Practices/GACP 3 was conducted for local farmers on UGM land and system contract farming was introduced. Parallel with supply demand, the variety of medicinal plants was increased by making “demplot” of local medicinal plants to conserve the biodiversity. - Production of standardized herbal medicine raw materials The cultivated medicinal plants were harvested as recommended by WHO guidelines. The harvested materials were further processed using standard protocols developed by the Indonesian Ministry of Health 4. Briefly, the harvested raw materials were cleaned by running clean water and air dried under indirect sunlight. For processing rizhomes, the rizhomes must be sliced into recommended sizes prior to drying. In some circumstances, the materials were dried in air circulated oven at 50oC. Benchmarking to Centre for Research and Development of Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicines, Tawangmangu Indonesia was also conducted to increase the knowledge of local community on GACP. - Product diversification In order to optimize the potential use of herbal materials in local area, herbal based products were introduced in the program. One of the examples is introducing herbal drinks using local materials. Two types of herbal drinks are in the form of instant drink and “tea bag” form. The techniques include introduction of GMP in making and processing the products. - Marketing Products are marketed in collaboration with PT.GMUM to sell the herbal drinks and PT. Phapros for herbal materials. The products were also introduced to market by attending exhibition. Workshop on distribution license was also conducted. - Strengthening enterprises Capacity development of community on managing enterprises was conducted to sustain the production and existence of production units. This includes Good Manufacturing Pract ices , management of establ ishing enterprises and marketing strategies. III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION In general the training, workshops and community empowerment processes in order to achieve the output of the programs were conducted based on co-creation, co-financing and win-win solution, considering the socio- culture aspects, economic status and livelihood of the local communities. Co-creation means that the programs and solutions offered were based on community needs and designed 118 Proceedings of the International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Proceedings of International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Sustainable Development Goals : Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016 at the Sirindhorn International Environmental Park, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
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