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Natural resources, including medicinal plants, are rich and important for creating jobs and promoting socio-economic development in Afghanistan. Due to its unique geopedological location, Afghanistan has an extraordinary capacity for producing and exporting medicinal plants. This review article aimed to investigate medicinal plants’ role in developing the country’s economy and job creation. The data was collected by reviewing relevant literature using keywords such as medicinal plants, economy, job creation, cultivation, and domestication of plant species and analyzed. As a result, it was found that plant resources, which include medicinal, aromatic, transgenic, and other valuable plant species, play an important role in creating jobs in different sectors. In this way, medicinal plants are considered a bridge between sustainable economic growth, affordable health care, and biodiversity conservation in developing the economy and creating jobs in the country.

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Afghanistan Domestication of Wild Plant Species Economic Growth and Development Job Creation Medicinal Plants

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Ayoubi, R., Zhakfar, A. M., & Sediqi, M. N. (2024). The Role of Medicinal Plants in Creating Jobs in Afghanistan. Journal of Natural Sciences – Kabul University, 7(3), 15–29. https://doi.org/10.62810/jns.v7i3.22
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