Lack of rules hinders development in Morocco’s Rif, but co-op keeps building
The Moroccan government last year passed a law that could give impoverished farmers in the country’s Central Rif a chance to give up illegal cannabis…
Africa
Hemp probed to clean land in South Africa’s toxic gold mining areas
A South African researcher is looking into the potential of hemp farming to clean the soil in abandoned, highly-polluted former gold mining areas, and how…
German, Swiss, Canadian companies get licenses in Zimbabwe
Investors from Germany, Switzerland and Canada are among those who have received cultivation and processing licenses under Zimbabwe’s cannabis program. A total of 57 licenses…
Initiative to consolidate the global hemp industry is launched
Organizations from around the world are joining to form an international association to advance the interests of the hemp industry. The new body, as yet…
Zimbabwe hopes hemp, medical cannabis can shore up exports
Officials in Zimbabwe say changes that loosened rules for cannabis production have translated into investment interest from the U.S., U.K, Germany and Switzerland, as licensing…
A year later, no progress in tracking down Stobbs’ murderers
One year after South African cannabis activist Julian Stobbs was murdered in his home, little has been done to catch the perpetrators, Fields of Green…
Lesotho company to focus first on German medical cannabis market
A Lesotho company said it expects to make its first shipment of medical cannabis to Germany later this year. MG Health said it is the…
Report says Ghana should favor local investors, farmers
Policymakers in Ghana should implement hemp rules that favor local investors and farmers under a well-equipped agency that will spearhead production and research into developing…
South Africa lays out a road map for hemp and marijuana
South Africa could have a hemp program in place by 2023 under a recently released draft National Cannabis Master Plan (NCMP) that sees the plant…
Malawi growers threaten legal action over delayed licenses
A group of industrial hemp growers in Malawi are threatening the government with legal action for failure to issue hemp licences. The farmers, mostly from…
