Government’s cannabis strategy has been lopsided to date with too much focus on cultivation and not enough attention on pairing farmers with markets. This is the view of legal expert Shaad Vayej who says he’s concerned about the lack of processing capacity for this year’s industrial cannabis (hemp) season.
He says until offtake agreements are put in place for the 1 100 farmers with hemp permits, they faced an alarming build-up of biomass with no market.