Since the ancient time plant medicine is an important part of health care system in Africa. The heavy reliance on plant medicine in Africa is attributed to their relative accessibility, low prices, local availability, acceptance by local communities and the low number of dispensaries and doctors for health care needs especially in rural areas. In addition many Africans residing in rural areas are located far from hospitals or clinics, and transport facilities are often not available.In Kenya Kakamega,mt.KENYA ,Abadareforest are known to have such.

Collection of wild plants for export and traditional medicine use is extremely detrimental to certain species. Popular but slow growing and or naturally rare plant species are often under pressure . Sustainable management of medicinal plant species is important, not only because of their value as a potential source of new drugs but due to reliance on medicinal plants for health care. Although the value of medicinal plants is widely recognized by both rural and urban dwellers in Africa, none the researchers had introduced appropriate strategies, which may lead to the efficient utilization and management of the medicinal plants, which are commonly used by the communities. Domestication may be one of the means of achieving medicinal plant conservation by reducing the exploitation pressure exerted on naturally occurring plant species. This protects plants that are being threatened in their natural habitats. Other measures and/or plant property help to conserve medicinal plant species in Africa include cultural practices and taboos, religious and spiritual beliefs.

Programme activities include:

• Identification of priority medicinal plants and derived products used for treatment of major diseases;
• Development of propagation and cultivation methods and piloting of ex-situ cultivation of selected medicinal plants for treatment of major human diseases;
• Assessment of conservation status of the used medicinal plant species and come up with priority species list;
• Identifying priority medicinal species that need urgent conservation;
• Organising and establishing propagation, cultivation and distribution of medicinal plants through the promotion of community-based and commercial nurseries;
• Recording and promoting traditional knowledge pertaining to medicinal plants management and conservation;
• Documenting and collecting experiences, case studies and best practices on sustainable use and conservation of medicinal plants;
• Assisting local communities to develop their own conservation initiatives (e.g. guidelines, training, seed funding, information dissemination, technical assistance and other incentives);
• Establishing nurseries and ecological medicinal centres to encourage propagation and to provide species to local communities who want to cultivate medicinal plants;
• Pilot farmer-based cultivation trials for a selected number of threatened and indigenous species in home gardens to supply local needs, and provide alternative income generation.

Economic analyses have shown that medicinal plants have considerably contributed to economic welfare of people by providing and generating reasonable income. They also contribute to household self-sufficient in food security through accumulation of savings and minimization of risks. Likewise managing the forest for medicinal plants is more sustainable from ecological and social perspectives.