Answer 1 Cultivation of Hemp around the World

Countries that allowed cultivation of Hemp in 2005 with or without a License, and historic data on the cultivated area and average yield:

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Without
License
Cultivated Area Average Yield With License Cultivated Area Average Yield
Afghanistan ?   Australia starting  
Austria 700 ha        
Bulgaria ? ha        
Chile ? ha   Canada

12'000 ha

 
China many ha        
Czech R. ? ha   Finland 1'300 ha  
Denmark starting        
England 2'425 ha   Ireland experimental  
France 12'000 ha 10 t/ha Jamaica experimental  
Germany 4'000 ha        
Hungary 6'000 ha 9 t/ha Poland 40'000 ha (?)  
Italy starting   SouthAfrica starting  
      US of A experimental  
Netherlands 1'100 ha 14 t/ha NewZealand starting  
Nicaragua ?   Japan

12.5 ha

 
Portugal ?   Greece ?    
Romania 1'000 ha        
Russia ?        
Slovenia ?        
Spain 2'000 ha        
Switzerland 250 ha        
Syria ?        
Turkey ?        
Ukraine 1'500 ha        
Yugoslavia 1'500 ha        


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*Industrial-Hemp has no psychoactive properties following definition of the European Economic Community (EEC); THC content is less than 0.3%. In general, low THC-seed varieties without psychoactive properties are those that have a THC content of less than 1%. (See also No-THC Hemp-seed.) THC= Delta-9 TetraHydroCannabinol.

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