Industrial Crops Association exists to educate, share knowledge, network, and responsibly lobby Government for the legislative reform required to see industrial h**p flourish as a new cash crop for Malawi. Invegrow Ltd together with the Department of Agricultural Research Services (DARS) have shown that industrial h**p can grow in Malawi, is indeed non-narcotic, and can be cultivated for a multitu
de of useful products including h**p seed oil, protein powders and breads, paper and rope making, fabric textile development from fibre and even h**p crete for buildings from h**p hurd. As of 2020, the Cannabis Act, based on legalising industrial h**p and medicinal cannabis within a regulated environment for licensed growers and producers has passed. From 2021, cooperatives and organisations can start applying for grower, processor and transporter licenses. We urge everyone to make an informed decision around h**p and it's benefits for Malawi and to not make assumptions. Use this page and our website www.ica-malawi.org to educate yourself about WHAT this crop is and the powerful health and development affects it can have for our country. No plant is evil. As Genesis 1v29 says: "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you'...
Keep an open mind and know that this isn't about chamba. It's the Thobwa, not the chibuku! Chamba remains illegal in Malawi under the current Act.
