Hemp Cultivation Method: You must have heard about cannabis around you. Many people use it as an intoxicant. Also, hemp is extremely useful for medicinal purposes, but do you know how hemp is cultivated? What needs to be done for this? In India, hemp is used to make medicines as well as nutrition, personal care, wellness and industrial products. Hemp is cultivated in states like Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
Cannabis and opium are supplied illegally from India to some countries in Europe such as Israel, Italy and Holland. From this it can be estimated how much demand there is for it. This is a market worth billions of rupees.
What to do if you want to cultivate hemp?
If you want to cultivate hemp, you will first need a license. You will get this license from the Ministry of AYUSH. You can also collect information about this by visiting the agriculture department of your district. The government also helps in this. The market for legally sold cannabis in India is around Rs 50 crore. There are more than 100 such startups that are working on products related to different parts of the hemp plant. These plants are mostly used in making medicines and personal care products.
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Cannabis is full of medicinal properties
For your information, let us tell you that only one part of the plant is called hemp but every part of this plant is sold at high prices. The hemp plant or Cannabis also has many medicinal properties. Ganja is prepared by drying the uppermost part of this plant bearing fruits and flowers. After drying it, its oil is extracted which is called charas and its leaves are called hemp. Not only this, the stems and roots of this plant are also used.
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Cannabis is used the most in these states
Apart from this, hemp seeds are considered to be the most balanced grain. Its seeds contain protein, omega 3, vitamins and fiber, hence there is a huge demand for the seeds. According to a report, UP, Delhi, Sikkim, Chhattisgarh and Punjab are the top five states that use ganja-charas the most. Among these, Uttar Pradesh is at the first position.
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