The purpose of this website is to provide everyone from growers to Governments with all the knowledge and assistance they need in order to successfully grow Industrial Hemp on as large a scale as possible, primarily for the purpose of removing CO2 from the atmosphere and rebalancing our global climate.

Growing Industrial Hemp is the simplest and most cost effective way of capturing CO2, is completely scaleable and just about anyone can do it.

The benefits are many fold:

• According to a 2013 World Bank report, there are more than 202 million hectares of uncultivated arable land in Africa.
• One hectare of industrial hemp can absorb between 15 & 22 tonnes of CO2.
• The hemp stalks can be dried and used to make carbon char, activated with organic matter and buried in the ground, locking in the CO2 and significantly boosting food crop yields during crop rotation.
• Theoretically, but perhaps not impossible eventually, if all 202 million hectares were planted with hemp, at a rate of 15 tonnes per hectare, over three billion tonnes of CO2 would be sequestered each growing cycle.
• Besides making carbon char, hemp can be used to make over 25,000 different products, via greatly varying levels of manufacturing sophistication. The economies of participating nations will grow, as they process the hemp into increasingly more value added products for export.
• Many products which are currently made of oil based plastic can be replaced by hemp based plastic, thus significantly reducing pollution levels.
• Carbon intensive building materials could be replaced by easily produced hemp based materials which lock CO2 into buildings, making them carbon negative.
• If Carbon Credits were used as a means invest in the rollout of of the programmes, each hectare could represent, at say $20 per tonne of CO2, $300 per hectare, which would largely cover the cost of producing the crop.

Less Drought

Such large scale plant coverage on previously uncultivated ground will increase precipitation in the water cycle, bringing rain and helping to re-balance nature and the climate.

Food Security

Food crops will be more abundant because soil quality and resilience will greatly improve due to increased presence of nutrients and micro organisms, and superior water retention.

Political Stability & Migration

The food security, economic and political stability which would ensue from a successful large scale operation would reduce or even stop human migration caused by duress, and could result in many migrants returning to their homelands and their families, with real hope for a better future.

Economic Benefits

Growing industrial hemp makes total financial sense, to subsistence farmers and larger growers alike.

• The entire hemp plant – from hemp stalks to hemp seeds and hemp flowers – can be used for commercial production.
• Hemp can be grown on marginal land, vastly improving the soil and raising it to a standard which can grow food crops - thus increasing profitable fertile land area year on year.
• Hemp plants are generally drought tolerant and they grow prolifically with little water, so more water is available for other crops. 
• Hemp is a naturally robust crop that is naturally resistant to most common diseases and pests, so less expense on pesticides and beneficial to local flora and fauna.
• Hemp grows from seed to harvest in 120 days or less. With some irrigation in dryer seasons for the second crop, two profitable crops can be grown in one year.

References

Benefits for Farmers to Grow Hemp

10 Reasons Why To Farm Hemp [US]

The Size of Global Industrial Hemp Market Will Reach USD 36 Billion by 2026