{"id":70092,"date":"2020-09-06T10:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-06T05:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=70092"},"modified":"2020-09-04T12:02:31","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T07:02:31","slug":"govt-to-enter-usd-25-scientific-industrial-cannabis-market-fawad-chaudhary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-to-enter-usd-25-scientific-industrial-cannabis-market-fawad-chaudhary.html","title":{"rendered":"Govt to enter USD 25 scientific, industrial cannabis market: Fawad Chaudhary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday revealed that the government intends to import specific cannabis seeds to launch research work on its medicinal and industrial uses and tap into international cannabidiol (CBD) market that\u2019s worth USD 25 billion, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-to-have-electric-vehicles-on-road-this-year-minister.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pakistan to have electric vehicles on road this year: Minister<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his media briefing, Fawad Chaudhry clarified that the hemp to be grown in Pakistan contains legal levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) \u2014 around 0.3% or less. He said that these hemp seeds will be used for producing oils and leaves for medicines, and the stems are used to extract fibres that are widely replacing cotton in the international market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-begins-making-its-own-drones-to-facilitate-agriculture.html\">Pakistan begins making its own drones to facilitate agriculture<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He made these statements in the aftermath of federal cabinet approving the country\u2019s first license for non-psychoactive hemp. This project of hemp is part of the science ministry\u2019s initiative on precision agriculture. The hemp seeds planted under this project will be used for the extraction of cannabidiol (CBD), which is widely used for therapeutic purposes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday revealed that the government intends to import specific cannabis seeds to launch research work on its medicinal and industrial uses and tap into international cannabidiol (CBD) market that\u2019s worth USD 25 billion, according to news sources. Read: Pakistan to have electric vehicles on road this year: Minister During his media briefing, Fawad Chaudhry clarified that the hemp to be grown in Pakistan contains legal levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) \u2014 around 0.3% or less. He said that these hemp seeds will be used for producing oils and leaves for medicines, and the stems are used to extract fibres that are widely replacing cotton in the international market. Read: Pakistan begins making its own drones to facilitate agriculture He made these statements in the aftermath of federal cabinet approving the country\u2019s first license for non-psychoactive hemp. This project of hemp is part of the science ministry\u2019s initiative on precision agriculture. The hemp seeds planted under this project will be used for the extraction of cannabidiol (CBD), which is widely used for therapeutic purposes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":64102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016,15017],"tags":[38589,38588,38590],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-70092","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"category-notices-announcements","9":"tag-cannabidiol","10":"tag-cannabis-market","11":"tag-hemp-seeds","12":"cat-15016-id","13":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Govt to enter USD 25 scientific, industrial cannabis market - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The government intends to import specific cannabis seeds to launch research on medicinal and industrial uses and tap into cannabidiol (CBD) market\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-to-enter-usd-25-scientific-industrial-cannabis-market-fawad-chaudhary.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt to enter USD 25 scientific, industrial cannabis market - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The government intends to import specific cannabis seeds to launch research on medicinal and industrial uses and tap into cannabidiol (CBD) market\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-to-enter-usd-25-scientific-industrial-cannabis-market-fawad-chaudhary.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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