South Africa's first legal dagga farm
Eddie Koch
South Africa’s first legal dagga plot—- an experimental project near Rustenburg in the North West province—- has just completed pioneering research which could provide farmers with a lucrative new cash crop.
The Tobacco and Cotton Research Institute (TCRI) recently produced a report on a two-year research project aimed at developing a biological model for industrial hemp. This plant cannot be used as a drug but will have massive value as an industrial crop.
Paul Cohen, co-ordinator of the programme, says his firm, the Southern African Hemp Company (SAHC), received permission from the Department of Health two years ago to import five strains of hemp from the Netherlands in order to test their adaptability to South African conditions. The research project was jointly conducted by SAHC and the TCRI.
The first phase of the work has now been completed and the organisation is consulting with the Land and Agricultural...
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