【Objective】 Located in south of China, Guangdong Province is rich in biological resources and Southern
medicinal plants, with a wide variety of genuine medicinal materials. It is the main center of the cultivation, production,
processing and distribution of Chinese herbal medicines. However, compared with the traditional agriculture, the overall
planting level of Chinese medicine agriculture is relatively backward. The cultivation of Chinese herbal medicine is
the fundamental part of Chinese medicine agriculture, however, get little attention to the breeding, plant protection and
cultivation of medicinal materials, and less technical guidance has been provided to farmers, which results in the lower
benefits of the planting of Chinese herbal medicine. Chinese medicine agriculture is an important part of the adjustment of
industrial structure and supply-side reform, and more attention is paid to the development of Chinese medicine agriculture
in Guangdong Province. In this paper, the current situation and problems of resource collection and identification, variety
selection and standardized planting of traditional Chinese medicine agriculture were summarized, so as to provide support for
the healthy and sustainable development of Chinese medicine agriculture in Guangdong Province in the future. |