Zimbabwe has fertile soils, adequate sunlight and diverse climates that make it ideal for year-round cannabis and hemp cultivation. This came out when Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Minister, Dr Anxious Masuka, visited Thathokuhle Farm in Umguza District, Matabeleland North Province, recently.
Dr Masuka commended the farm for expanding its role in cannabis and hemp production. Thathokuhle Farm has two hectares dedicated to greenhouse cannabis and another five hectares for open-field cultivation.
It is rapidly establishing itself as one of Zimbabwe's leading innovators in the industrial crop sector. Dr Masuka admired the farm's "articulate production systems". He said its operations align with the Government's value-addition initiative.
"Our intention, of course, is to push for value addition and beneficiation," said Dr Masuka. "This resonates fully with President Dr Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's thrust under the Agriculture Food Systems and Rural Transformation Strategy."
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