SELİM AYTAÇ: WE EXPECT 5-6 TIMES MORE THAN LAST YEARS' PRODUCTION IN HEMP
Hemp cultivation increased six times in a short period of time... Planting in the thousand-decare area last year expanded to 5-6 thousand-decare this year... Nineteen May University Cannabis Research Institute Director Dr. Selim Aytaç said that Israel, China and Canada have been carrying out some researchs regarding hemp from drug production, noting that legislative changes required and evaluations also being made in this way. Contracted planting with farmers... Turkey redesign its textile and agricultural policies for the production of hemp with a wide range of applications in the pharmaceutical industry. In this process, the work done at Ondokuz Mayıs University plays a big role. Selim Aytaç, Director of the Cannabis Research Institute, explained the latest situation, voicing a thousand decares of hemp planted across Turkey. "We were expecting this year's production of 10 thousand hectares, but because of the coronavirus in 5-6 thousand decares, the cultivation ...