8th - 10th October, 2025, Abuja.

A Natural Product expo/symposium that promotes the use of Natural Products, herbal medicine, complementary and alternative medicine.

A Natural Product Expo

About The Event

The overall goal of HerbFEST is to showcase our achievements, research results, rich biodiversity and investment opportunities to the world and enhance the patronage/recognition, productive capacity and income status of small producers.

It is designed to provide an interactive platform for scientists, traditional healers, and natural products manufacturers to review developments in herbal medicinal products.

The 16th edition of HerbFEST 2025, is themed ‘ Food as Medicine: Utilization and Sustainable Exploitation of African Medicinal Plants and Natural Products ’ with the following subthemes;

a. Importance of herbal medicine in our daily life.
b. Herbs and Spices of Commercial Interest.
c. Sustainable Harvesting and Conservation of Medicinal Plants.
d. Standardization and Quality Control of Herbal Medicines.
e. Intellectual Property Rights and Ethical Considerations.

***There will also be a session on Clinical dialogue on Patient Management..***

HerbFEST 2025 will hold as a hybrid event (a blend of virtual and physical seminar)

Where

Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria.

When

8th – 10th October, 2025

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Event Schedule

Day 1

8th Oct, 2025

Opening ceremony

Abuja, Federal Capital Territory

Day 2

9th Oct, 2025

conveners

Abuja, Federal Capital Territory

Day 3

10th Oct, 2025

training/EXCURSION

BION Facility, Umuna, Imo state.

Meet

Our Speakers

Prof
Elaine
elizabetsky

prof
martins n.
ike-muonso

prof
elijah
sokomba

prof
maurice
iwu

pharm
titus t.
tile

tf
okujagu

dr ifeanyi
chukwunonso
okeke

A Few Words

About Our Organizer

Bioresources Development and Conservation Programme (BDCP) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental, knowledge based organization dedicated to sustainable utilisation and conservation of biological resources.

Founded in Nigeria in 1991,

the organization has country programmes and offices in several countries in Africa as well as a Washington DC office in the United States.

BDCP’s focus is on sustainable utilization and conservation of biological resources through innovative management and technical support for grass-roots sustainable development projects with special emphasis on projects that promote health,

sustain biodiversity, utilize natural products and support traditional healers. Traditional healers, a major custodian of the biodiversity and ethnomedicinal knowledge, are integrated into all projects, resulting in truly unique grass roots efforts.

The result of this work has been the creation of a successful drug development and biodiversity conservation programmes, where reciprocity and capacity building are central to the process.

Bioresources Development and Conservation Programme (BDCP) is organizing the 16th edition of HerbFEST 2025, an annual regional, natural products expo and Africa’s premier herbs, health foods and natural products Conference, the theme for this year is “FOOD AS MEDICINE: UTILIZATION AND SUSTAINABLE EXPLOITATION OF AFRICAN MEDICINAL PLANTS AND NATURAL PRODUCTS” with the following sub-themes:

a. The Importance of Herbal Medicine in Our Daily Life.
b. Herbs and Spices of Commercial Interest.
c. Sustainable Harvesting and Conservation of Medicinal Plants.
d. Standardization and Quality Control of Herbal Medicines.
e. Intellectual Property Rights and Ethical Considerations.

***There will also be a session on Clinical dialogue on Patient Management.***

HerbFEST 2025 will hold as a hybrid event (a blend of virtual and physical seminar) on the 8th -10th of October 2025 in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory.

Venue