iHemp seyilinywe iminyaka letinkhulungwane; lizibithi lekucala lalokusetjentiswa kwe hemp kwaba kutfolwa eTaiwane nakubukwa emuva eminyakeni ya 10 000 b.C. ku China yamandvulo, kucatjangwa kutsi nguyona mvelaphi ye hemp, ihemp - sinye setitjalo ekusetjentiselweni ifibre - yayisetjentiselwa kuluka tembatfo, ticatfulo, emaphepha kanye netintsambo. iHemp yaphindze yanconyelwa letinhlobonhlobo tetintfo, kufaka ekhatsi kucumbelana, irhematism kanye nekungabikhona kahle kwengcondvo.
Kusakata iHemp
Kulamacembu womatsatfu eCannabis, ihemp - iCannabis sativa - inhlobo - leyaba yekucala kutsi isakatwe emhlabeni wonkhe, kumbe ngenca yekusebenta kwemafibre ayo kanye netinhlavu tayo letidlekako. Kukkhona lizibithi letembatfo (ifibre ye hemp) kanjalo ne oyili kanye nekudla (tinhlavu te hemp).
Lokwati ngekusebenta lokuchazako kwe THC-levutfe nge cannabis yenta kusakaka ngetulukwemitsi kanye nemijikelo kanye nekugcugcutela letitintfo te cannabis kwentela inkholela kanye nekusungula tidzingo.
iCannabis ye hemp yetfulwa eCanada ngeminyaka ya 1606 kwentela kukhicitwa kwetintsambo kanye netindvwangu temaseyili kanye nekuhlanyela kule USA kwekucala ngemnyaka wa 1603. iHemp yababanti ngekuhlanyelwa phindze nekusetjentiswa eAmerica lecatjanga kutsi hhafu wetembatfo tonkhe wakhiwa kusuka ku hemp ekupheleni kwemnyaka wa 1700.
Lokuhambiswa kwebugcila eUSA kanye nekulinywa kwa kotini kwachubela ekutseni kuvalwe lokuhlanyelwa lwe hemp kwentela tembatfo, ngekwengeta, lokusetjentiswa kwetigodvo letishiphile te pulp kwentela kwakha emaphepha kwachubela ekukaleni kusetjentiswa kwe hemp. Kwaba, nomakunjalo, kwasetjentiswa kutsi kwakhiwe emaphepha elugwayi, emaBhayibheli kanye nemali.
Kuvalwa kwe Hemp
Phindze kufaka sikhatsi lesengetiwe "insangu" tinhlobo te hemp lenetigaba letiphakeme te THC letetfwele ihemp yelitiko tabanekuhlanganisa nemzala wayo we THC lophakeme.
Ngemnyaka wa 1930, ngemuva kwekuhlangana kwa Henry J. Anslinger njengakhomishana we kusungulwa lokusha kwe Narcotics Bureau, icannabis ye hemp kwatsiwa yi narcotic kantsi nekulima ihemp kwavalwa eUSA.
Ngeminyaka ya 1940, kukhicitwa kanye nekwakhiwa kwe hemp kwaba yintfo yesikhashana leyentelwa kukhokha emaphepha, emayadi kanye netintsambo letisetjentiswa ngesikhatsi seMphi yeSibili yeMhlaba, kepha timvumo temkhicito we hemp tamiswa ngemuva kwetimphi.
Eminyakeni yamuva, bekukhona kufuna lokwavusetelwa ku hemp mhlabawonkhe netinkhulumo te France letihamba phambili kwamanje njengemkhicito lomkhulu welitiko le hemp mhlabawonkhe. iChina seyibhalise ngetulu kwemakhulu lamatsatfu emahemp lahambelana ne patent kanye ne Canada lesekuvumele lokukhuliswa kwe litiko le hemp lwentinhlavu kanye ne fibre lesetjentiselwa emaphepha, emayadi, tintfo letihlangene temhlaba kanye netintfo tekwakha.
iHemp eNingizimu Afrika
eNingizimu Afrika, lemitsetfo ayichazi emkhatsini wekuhuliswa kwe Cannabis (insangu) kanye nekukhuliswa kwelitiko lwe hemp. Ngekungakani emacala lamaningi kanye nekutsengiswa kwe nsangu emaveni lafana ne Canada, iChina kanye ne France, lelitiko lekukhulisa kanye nekukhicita ihemp kusolo akukho emtsetfweni futsi ikakhulu umvumo iyadzingeka kutsi kulinywe ihemp. Loku kuvumela umkhicito wetidzingo telucwalingo kuphela.
Imikhicito lehambisana ne hemp eNingizimu Afrika iyangeniswa.
Translated by Phindile Malotana