Friday, March 19, 2010

Nepal: Collecting Yarchagumba is restricted

According to regulation, only licensed collctors are allowed to collect Yarchagumba. The processed Yarchagumba are allowed to be exported from the country. But there is no processing centre in the country.
The government which gave permission two years ago with NRs. 500 as royalty for one piece, plans to give permission for Rs. 20,000 of royalty per kg this year.
Traders say when they are not allowed to export unprocessed Yarchagumba what is the use of going through the legal process of obtaining license for collecting them. Majority of the Yarchagumba are taken to the Tibet Autonomous Region of China and to other countries through India.
As the herb collection is seasonal, it does not affect the environment, and the herb gives sexual vigour.

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