The PyCuP project is supporting the Pyrenean stakeholders in their reflexion and efforts toward a regulation of picking practices, for a sustainable valuation of the local wild plant resources. It aims at answering the main questions of the public about the role of such activities in a “wild mountain”. Therefore, the project creates awareness about the issues of these natural resources’ exploitation.
Project PyCup: responsible practices for professional picking. An example of sustainable supply in AMP value chain
- Category: Aromatic & Medicinal Plants
- Themes: Improvement of the working conditions and training
- Position in the value chain: Harvesting
- Type: Practice
- Scale: Subnational
- Country: France
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