Medicinal Crops: A New Source of Earnings for Farmers of Maharashtra State, India

India is an agrarian country from ancient times. Maharashtra farmers cultivate different types of crops like Wheat, Soyabean, Jowar, Maize, Rice, etc. in their fields. Due to consistent fluctuations in environmental conditions, disease and pests attacks, market problems, crops yield is less and they cannot get good earnings. Humans are disease susceptible and depend on drugs. Many medicinal plants such as Shatavari, Ashwagandha, Kali-musli, Haldi, and their properties are commonly known by peoples from ancient times. Now a day’s most of the peoples turn their intention over Ayurvedic drugs for curing of diseases. Today, medicinal plants have Global market; many industries and firms take their interest in the production of plant drugs than antibiotics. If farmers cultivate these medicinal plants as crops in their fields, they can get a second source for earnings which will be fulfilling their needs.