Zimbabwe Pilots Hemp Cultivation on Prison Land
Oct 22, 2019
In Zimbabwe, October 11 will be remembered as a special day in the nation’s history because it was the day the Zimbabwe Industrial Hemp Trust (ZIHT) planted their first legal hemp crop. ZIHT planted six strains of hemp. The country has entertained the notion of planting hemp for several years and in 2017, it created a hemp pilot program but later abandoned it and reverted their focus on medical marijuana.
Dr. Zorodzai Maroveke has been the driving force behind the Zimbabwe hemp policy. She is a trained dental surgeon. While studying in China, she learned of industrial hemp and its economic potential, so when she returned to Zimbabwe, she founded…
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