Samoeng
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| Samoeng | |
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| ActiveRecorded as grown here since 2000 | |
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| Growing Region | Northern Thailand |
| Geography | |
| Country | Thailand |
| Province/State | Chiang Mai Province |
| District | Samoeng District |
| Coordinates | 18.92, 98.64 |
| Landscape | |
| Area | 1,010 km² |
| Terrain | Highlands west of Chiang Mai; approximately Samoeng District |
| Growing history | |
| Documentation | |
| Appellations | 0 |
| Accessions | 0 |
| Conservation | |
| Populations | none documented yet |
Samoeng is a cannabis growing area in Samoeng District, Chiang Mai Province, in the Northern Thailand growing region. Hemp has been grown at the Pang Da Royal Agricultural Station there for research,[1][2] and hemp seed for a Kasetsart University germplasm collection was gathered in the district.[3]
Geography
The Pang Da Royal Agricultural Station is a highland growing area of the Royal Project Foundation, at an average of 720 m. Its average temperature runs from 18.8 to 29.6 °C, with 1,075 mm of rain a year.[2] The Kasetsart collection holds hemp from Samoeng Tai and Samoeng North.[3] Samoeng was one of the 15 districts opened to hemp under a ministerial regulation approved by the Cabinet on 6 September 2016.[4]
Cultivation
From June to December 2009 a trial field authorised by the Thai Food and Drug Administration grew 750 plants at Pang Da, from eight seed stocks of five local cultivars, to study their cannabinoids, fibre and form.[2] The Highland Research and Development Institute has carried out research on hemp since 2006. In January 2018 the Office of the Narcotics Control Board took journalists to Pang Da to see its hemp plots.[4] A Bangkok Post photograph of the time shows hemp grown there in a pilot project.[1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Post Reporters (28 January 2018). "Hemp spurs high hopes as legal barriers relax". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 19 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Tipparat, Prapatsorn; Kunkaew, Weerapun; Julsrigival, Suthat; Pinmanee, Sarita; Natakankitkul, Surapol (2014). "Classification of Cannabis Plants Grown in Northern Thailand using Physico-Chemical Properties". Journal of Natural Sciences Research. 4 (4): 46–54.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Aksonsit, Kanjanabhorn; Samipak, Sompid; Chaisan, Tanapon; Pluempanupat, Wanchai; Juntawong, Piyada (2025). "Genetic Diversity of Hemp Germplasm in Northern Thailand". Applied Science and Engineering Progress. 18 (4) 7841. doi:10.14416/j.asep.2025.07.003.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 จตุพร พ่วงทอง (26 January 2018). "ป.ป.ส.พาตะลุยแปลง "กัญชง" – ชมวิถีชุมชนม้ง ชีวิตยึดโยง ใยกัญชง ตั้งแต่เกิด-จนตาย" [The narcotics board tours the hemp plots: a Hmong community bound to hemp fibre from birth to death]. Matichon (in ไทย). Retrieved 19 October 2026.