Historical aspects and prospects for development of medicinal plant cultivation in Ukraine

This paper deals with the historical analysis toward the development of medicinal plant cultivation in Ukraine. The author gives current state of medicinal plant cultivation and basic features of investment attractiveness of the domestic market for medicinal raw material. Authors characterize regularities and systemic challenges of medicinal plant cultivation industry, typical of many areas of agriculture, which makes it possible to prove the main directions of its development in Ukraine. This paper identifies external environmental and economic effects of medicinal plant cultivation, creating additional benefits as part of a multifunctional agricultural production. Authors substantiate perspectives and priorities of state policy toward the development of medicinal plant cultivation in Ukraine. It was found that the strategic goal of becoming and development of medicinal plant cultivation should be ensuring with sustainable and guaranteed supply of medicinal raw material to various sectors of the economy. It was determined, that to implement the relevant tasks within these strategic priorities, it is necessary to develop state measures to support agricultural producers, stimulate rational land use and protection, conduct effective protection policies in order to import substitution preparations of medicinal plant materials by domestic production of the last.