Zim Now Writer
Civil servants, who were on a tour of Mike Querl’s fish and cannabis farm in Bulawayo yesterday, were encouraged to venture into cannabis farming as it presents notable profits when done to the book.
The civil servants were led on the tour by the Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Judith Ncube and Permanent Secretary for Bulawayo Metropolitan Paul Nyoni, in having an appreciation of the thriving fish and cannabis farm that sits on the outskirts of Bulawayo.
Querl encouraged civil servants with pieces of land to utilise it in growing cannabis or fish farming, while showing willingness to engage them for weed farming.
Posting on X, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Nick Mangwana said that Querl was keen to engage those with land for weed farming, adding that they will be provided with training to produce quality crops.
He also added that the business requires a starting capital of US$33 000 for one hectare, with farmers promised yield profits around US$120 000 per hectare.
“The Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Honourable Judith Ncube together with the Permanent Secretary for Bulawayo Metropolitan Mr Paul Nyoni, today, led civil servants on a tour of Mr Mike Querl’s fish and cannabis farm on the outskirts of Bulawayo. Mike runs a thriving cannabis farm and is keen on engaging civil servants with land in the farming of weed.
“Those that are interested will be trained at his farm so they are able to produce quality crop. The start-up capital one would need is at least US$33 000 per hectare, however, it’s reported that when well done it can yield no less than US$120 000 per hectare,” Mangwana said.
The Zimbabwean government legalised the production of cannabis in 2018 for medicinal purposes under Statutory Instrument 62 of 2018 (Dangerous Drugs-Production of Cannabis for Medical and Scientific Use Regulations).
However, the licence for such production is currently pegged at US$50 000.
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