Cannabis Regulatory Authority (CRA) says stakeholders in the cannabis industry will be allowed to grow two varieties of medicinal and industrial hemp. Board Chairperson for CRA, Boniface Kadzamira revealed that Friday in Lilongwe during a Press Conference at Golden Peacock Hotel on the Issuance of Licences and Permits to Cannabis Growing Organizations. He said these […]
Officials from the Cannabis Regulatory Authority (CRA) say they have issued 86 licenses to 35 companies and cooperatives to venture into cannabis cultivation for industrial hemp production. Board chairperson of CRA, Boniface Kadzamila, announced Friday afternoon in Lilongwe. Kadzamira said that a total of 41 companies applied but only 35 companies satisfied the requirements. He […]
Some industrial hemp growers in Mzimba are threatening the government with legal action for failure to issue them with licences. The prospective cannabis farmers claim they have invested K30 million in the industrial hemp farming. M’mbelwa Investment Limited spokesperson Rev. William Mumba said Saturday n Mzuzu that delays to issue licenses are frustrating. He said […]
Officials at Malawi Cannabis Regulatory Authority are meeting over an uproar following the gazzeted cannabis license fees after parliament passed a bill in February that makes it legal to cultivate and process cannabis for medicines and hemp fibre used in industry, but stops short of decriminalising recreational use. The board chair of Malawi’s regulator, Boniface […]
As we write this article, President Peter Mutharika still holds power in Malawi. He looks likely to hold onto that power by any means necessary. He’s refused to fire Malawi Electoral Commission commissioners, he’s refused to ratify bills that would allow a new election to take place, and he’s fired the commander of the defense […]
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Kondwani Nankhumwa has said government through the Agriculture Extension Services department would embark in a civic education campaign to sensitise the masses the difference between the legalised industrial hemp and the illegal Indian Hemp for recreation commonly known among Malawians as Chamba. Nankhumwa, who tabled the Cannabis Regulation Bill, legalising the growing […]
Cannabidiol an active agent found in plants of the cannabis variety, such as hemp and marijuana (CBD oil) has been riding a wave of popularity for the last few years as a result of relaxed laws, word of mouth product reviews, and even celebrity endorsement. When derived from the hemp plant CBD oil contains no […]
An agriculture college has moved in to introduce industrial hemp lessons as the country prepares to have the herb which is on high demand on the international market for medicinal use and manufacturing. Mwimba College of Agriculture (Mwica) in Kasungu says it plans to introduce a course in industrial hemp in its syllabus after the government […]
The Malawi Hemp Association has persuaded members of parliament in the committee of Industry, Trade and Tourism to press for speedy formulation an enactment of legislation to govern the industrial hemp sector. The association led by its chairperson Chauncy Mopho Jere engaged the committee of parliament at Parliament Building in Lilongwe. The meeting held on Wednesday […]
A renowned economist has warned the government and parliament to weigh the merits and demerits of the legalization of industrial and medicinal hemp in the country. Dalitso Kubalasa, the executive director of Malawi Economic Justice Network (Mejn) said there is need for a critical analysis of the economic merits of the industrial and medicinal hemp. […]
Parliament has given a go ahead to Ntchisi north legislator Boniface Kadzamira to move a motion in the House to legalise the cultivation and sale of industrial hemp. The parliamentarians said this on Thursday when they debated on the issue. Kadzamira told the suspicious legislators that the industrial hemp is very different from chamba in […]