The Indian Council of Agricultural Research established
National Research Centre for Medicinal & Aromatic Plants on November 24,
1992 in a 20.2 hectare irrigated land at Boriavi in Anand district of
Gujarat.
National Research Centre for Medicinal & Aromatic
Plants, Boriavi, Anand is located on Ahmedabad-Bombay rail route. The centre is
7 km away from Anand Railway station on Anand-Ahmedabad state highway towards
Nadiad. Anand is well connected to all parts of the country by road, rail and
Air. The nearby airports are at Vadodara (45 km) and Ahmedabad (65
km).
From
DAC, GOI, we have acquired a new farm at Lambhvel about a 3 km from the Anand
Railway station in Anand- Nadiad road on leas for Rs. 1 per year. This farm has
19.18 ha of land of which 4 ha is for residential complex. A total of 17
residential quarters comprising of one type five and four each of Type-1,
Type-II, Type-III and Typ-IV. In about 2 ha land, a herbal garden with about 200 species
of medicinal plants and in about 6 ha, a Arboretum with about 110 species of
medicinal trees/herbs are being maintained.The remaining area is used for general cultivation and seed production of
medicinal plants. This farm has wall fencing in its boundary, one 15 HP
Submersible Bore well for irrigation, a farm office, a processing unit, a small
garden and four poly net houses.