The state-level industrial hemp cultivation project is being officially inaugurated today in Pakistan (Thursday).
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been accused of consuming drugs including cocaine during his playing days by a former Pakistan cricketer, Sarfaraz Nawaz.
Federal Minister for Science and Technology Senator Shibli Faraz will inaugurate the project, dubbed as ‘Hemp Value Chain Development Program 2021’.
The inaugural ceremony of Industrial Hemp Cultivation was held at the Institute of Hydrophonic Agriculture at Kaliam Moor near Rawat.
Shibli Faraz will officially inaugurate the cannabis cultivation project today
Fawad Chaudhry’s explanation regarding cannabis cultivation. According to PCSIR officials, with its successful experience in drugs, Pakistan can earn a lot of foreign exchange in the future in collaboration with the private sector.
The Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the largest research organization of the Ministry of Science and Technology, will complete the project in collaboration with Pir Mehr Ali Shah Aird Agriculture University.
The project is being called the lead project of PCSIR. Industrial hemp cultivation will be done initially on five acres of land in the greenhouse of Rawat. The normal season of cannabis cultivation has come to an end. Indoor cultivation is being done.
This news was published in the daily Jang on September 30, 2021
