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Research:2016-01-02/Journal article/drug-laws-bioprospecting-and-the-agricultural-heritage-of-cannabis-in-africa

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Research record2 January 2016Journal article
Drug laws, bioprospecting and the agricultural heritage of Cannabis in Africa
Chris S. Duvall
Space and Polity · 2016
Argues that African farmers valued cannabis for centuries and that historic crop selection produced genetic diversity which commercial bioprospectors now value for marijuana production. Colonial and post-colonial administrations devalued the crop, enacted controls early and left it out of agricultural development, and public agricultural institutions continue that exclusion. The author concludes that "Only private companies conserve crop genetic diversity for psychoactive Cannabis, without recognizing intellectual property rights embedded in landraces". The same text was reprinted as a chapter of Drugs, Law, People, Place and the State (Routledge, 2017, DOI 10.4324/9781315204468-2).
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Record created 15 October 2026 · maintained by landrace.wiki editors · page history
Published2 Jan 2016
TypeJournal article
VenueSpace and Polity
Year2016
DOI10.1080/13562576.2016.1138674
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2016-01-02 2026-10-15 Drug laws, bioprospecting and the agricultural heritage of Cannabis in Africa Journal article Conservation Chris S. Duvall Space and Polity 2016 10.1080/13562576.2016.1138674 https://doi.org/10.1080/13562576.2016.1138674 Argues that African farmers valued cannabis for centuries and that historic crop selection produced genetic diversity which commercial bioprospectors now value for marijuana production. Colonial and post-colonial administrations devalued the crop, enacted controls early and left it out of agricultural development, and public agricultural institutions continue that exclusion. The author concludes that "Only private companies conserve crop genetic diversity for psychoactive Cannabis, without recognizing intellectual property rights embedded in landraces". The same text was reprinted as a chapter of Drugs, Law, People, Place and the State (Routledge, 2017, DOI 10.4324/9781315204468-2).

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