About us

Dhanusa District, a part of Janakpur Zone, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district covers an area of 1,180km² and has a population (2001) of 671,364. It lies in the Province No. 2 of Nepal. Also famous as a cultural center, the city attracts many Hindu pilgrims during festivals from both Nepal and India.

PRC, Dhanusha conducts ex-situ and in-situ conservation and cultivation of medicinal plants. It works in the production of quality planting material by developing improved agro-techniques.

The objectives of this office are

• Research & Development in medicinal plants sector.
• Undertake/assist or encourage scientific, technological and economic research on medicinal plants.
• Development of protocols for cultivation and quality control.
• To disseminate the research results through journals or leaflets; and

Major activities carried out at  Plant Research Centre, Dhanusha;

• Production and distribution of seedlings of MAPs species (Kurilo)
• Community-based MAPs cultivation (Kurilo)
• MAPs cultivation programme for minor farmers (Kurilo)
• One Village One Product (Kurilo)
• Traditional knowledge documentation (Musahar Community)
• Landscape and garden management
• Dhanushadham Botanical Garden
• Promotion of floriculture (Marigold)
• Conservation
• Demonstration plot management
• Domestication and germ-plasm conservation
• Educational MAPs garden establishment in Community-based Schools
• Training on Conservation, Promotion and Cultivation of MAPs
• Home Herbal Garden for women
• Awareness programme- radio program
• Information Center on MAPs