Farmers in Zimbabwe want to cash in on growing cannabis. Despite that, the potential windfall is much more than growing tobacco. Zimbabwean farmers looking to cash in on a global boom in medicinal cannabis face a litany of costs and regulatory barriers, but growers like Munyaradzi Nyanungo are betting it will boost their fortunes after decades of economic decline. READ | Zimbabwean tobacco farmers plan switch to daggaWith finance coming in from foreign companies like US-based King Kong Organics, black farmers like Nyanungo, 35 - who have struggled to prosper in a moribund economy - are looking to branch out from traditional crops like tobacco into cannabis. "We stand to sell cannabis at $25 per kilogramme, which is five, six times more than what a good tobacco crop can give you.

Source: News 24 May 12, 2022 04:49 UTC