Unlawful Mbanje Cultivation: “Viable Out-grower Scheme Can Be Developed Using These Guys”

The government of Zimbabwe has been urged to use individuals who are illegally growing mbanje (marijuana /dagga/ cannabis/ hemp) to launch “viable out-grower schemes” as cases of unlawful cultivation of the plant continue to be reported.

Out-grower schemes are systems that link networks of unorganised smallholder farmers with domestic and international buyers. Also known as contract farming, these schemes provide benefits to players along the supply chain.

Zimbabwe legalised the production of industrial hemp (marijuana) in 2020 through Statutory Instrument 218 Agricultural Marketing Authority (Industrial Hemp) Regulations.

The SI was gazetted by the Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement. Anxious Masuka.

According to Zimbabwe Industrial Hemp Trust (ZIHT)’s Dr Zorodzai Maroveke, the first harvesting of industrial hemp happened in 2020.

Unauthorised farming or possession of marijuana remains a punishable offence in Zimbabwe. 

 
Despite the fact that offenders are being arrested, reports of small-scale cannabis production in the country’s rural and urban areas continue to be made.

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One Comment on “Unlawful Mbanje Cultivation: “Viable Out-grower Scheme Can Be Developed Using These Guys”

  1. I agree total. There is no difference between growing tobacco and grwing Mbanje. There is a market for Mbanje let it grow. The farmers will pay tax, in reasing the government revenue coffers.

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