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Cannabiz Africa: Farm and Factory Hub

Cannabis and hemp farming span the most primitive and the most sophisticated technologies and Africa occupies the full spectrum in between. With adding value to biomass being such a critical part of cultivation strategies, this section also includes news and other developments in processing and manufacturing as well as just farming. Cannabiz Africa is your content cog linking the value chain.

DTIC Hopes to Get Cannabis Master Plan Back on Track
The DTIC’s Cannabis and Hemp Steering Committee has met to try and get the Master Plan back on track. The DTIC has to date missed all its deadlines to draft a new cannabis commercialization policy and hopes to reignite the process.
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The Case for Sun-Grown Cannabis
Sun grown cannabis is on the rise in the US as soaring input costs hit ‘indoor’, while 'outdoor' may foster a richer, more complex chemical profile.
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‘Go Forth and Multiply’: KZN Kicks off Hemp Planting Season
KZN's hemp planting season has officially started with the launch in KwaMaveshe of the hemp seed multipliction programme
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‘80% of SA Medical Cannabis Export Flower May be Finding its Way into the Illicit Local Retail Market’
Research confirms that SA’s licensed medical cannabis cultivators appear to be putting more flower into the illegal local market than they are exporting. Despite the fact that this is largely illegal, many growers are finding it easier, and more profitable, to supply the ‘Grey Zone’ than it is to crack the difficult EU market.
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African Cultural Heritage Trust Project to Reintroduce Landrace Genetics to the Communities that Lost Them
In the face of growing threats to South Africa’s landrace varieties, the African Cultural Heritage Trust has initiated a bold programme to reintroduce indigenous cannabis genetics back into the communities they came from. Working with Druids Garden, the Trust has original genetic material dating back to the late 1940’s.
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TUT/CSIR Cannabis Hub’s Landrace Project: Turning Indigenous Biomass into Value-Added Products
Professor David Katerere’s team at the Cannabis Hub has launched a landrace research project that seeks to document and commercialize local seed heritage. Among the Hub’s aims is to upskill indigenous farmers in agro-processing so they can add value to landrace biomass.
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