In a win for the local ecosystem and public health, Zimbabwe tobacco farmers are transitioning to hemp. Zimbabwe, which is Africa's largest tobacco producer, recently more than tripled the THC threshold for domestic hemp.

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more than tripled the amount of allowable THC in hemp this month, and that should further motivate farmers to switch their fields from tobacco to hemp. If Zimbabwe can produce raw hemp to be made into products, and/or produces its own finished products, it will hopefully create many career opportunities in the process. The domestic hemp industry bringing in money from afar via exports would help boost local economies, with hemp industry workers spending their wages in the areas in which they live

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