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D-industrial-hemp Dictionary

Industrial hemp

Cannabis varieties with very low THC grown for fibre, seed and oil

All termsIntroduced in M15Open the Toolkit
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Plain meaning
Cannabis varieties with very low THC grown for fibre, seed and oil
How to use it
Check licensing rules before considering hemp.
South African benchmark
South Africa has been moving industrial hemp out of the narcotics regime into permit-based production (Article 98).
Country notes
Hemp rules differ by country and are changing.
Go and read
M15
Calculate it
No calculator; the term is applied in the venture plan narrative.
Library sources
LIB-A095, LIB-A096, LIB-P-Cotton, LIB-P-Cotton-IP
See also
Non-tariff barrier
Cotton and Hemp: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedCotton and Hemp: how the business runsSold bykg of seed cotton per hectare1Plant2Grow3Pick seed cotton4Gin5Lint and seed cakeZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Cotton and Hemp Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M15 Cotton and Hemp.