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 3 days ago

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 December 30, 2019

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 CTN News

 

Is this true or an early April Fool's Day?   

 

FARMING & AGRICULTURE

Five Agencies to Study Cannabis Farming in Northern Thailand

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The farm is also a part of the study of cannabis growth to prove that cannabis can grow well in regular soil. Outside of special green houses. Cannabis plants from the first cycle will be delivered to the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine for further research and extraction for medical use.

It won't be the magic money maker it's made out to be.

1st year will be ok then it will fall into line with other products like maize,cassava,rubber,palm etc.

A study to see if a weed will grow well in soil lol only in thailand. One thing for sure is agriculture is a protected job here in thailand so there definitely wont be any money in it for farangs.

I wish they would just straight up legalize it and let everyone benefit.

29 minutes ago, Elmer Fudd said:

let everyone benefit.

Not gonna happen. The rules of the game are already set, just some crumbs need to be distributed to the masses for implementation.

I'd say friend's.....wink wink, nudge nudge with large plots of land will be the big winners.  Ireckonso said "just some crumbs need to be distributed to the masses"  Yer as always, because the government really cares.  ????

 

PS: I was trying for extreme sarcasm......but didn't quite get there!  I will try harder in the future.

On 1/5/2020 at 9:38 AM, Elmer Fudd said:

I wish they would just straight up legalize it and let everyone benefit.

 

They'll legalize it once they have the legal framework in place so that only the tobacco monopoly can benefit.  Or maybe CP...

 

Nothing than a news article that they are planning to do so.

 

I'm in direct contact with this group and currently the proposal is awaiting approval by the Thai FDA.

However, several other farmers groups have prepared or built indoor and outdoor facilities all over the country (I have visited them) according to the guidelines and regulations of the Thai FDA. None of them has received the approval yet and some are waiting about a year now.

Think what you want but there are higher powers in the game as always in Thailand where some money is to be made so without the right connections you might wait forever.

 

All this promises made before the election such as the 6 plant policy per household are nothing than lies to gather votes.

Now they are trying to minimize the damage and trying to take the people for a fool such as allowing to grow 6 hemp plants per household and allowing to sell the fiber to state agencies. Wow, that must be tonnes of fiber from six plants and enormous income with 70 Baht per kilogram of raw hemp fiber

 

As some other poster mentioned, same as with any other new or promoted crop. The big and well connected make money while the smallholder get nothing or very little because of oversupply