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Hemp : A plant to save our future |
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by Shobha Pokhrel | 08-01-2021 01:43 0 |
We are bounded by lots of crops as a gift by our nature . Every plant have their significance in this earth. Today I am exploring about one of the most multipurpose gift given to us by our nature . HEMP Hemp is a variety of the Cannbis sativus plant species which is used to make a wide range of products . Along with bamboo hemp is one of the fastest growing plant on the earth . This plant was one of the first plant to be spun into usable fibre It can be refined into variety of commercial item including paper , rope , textile , clothing , biodegradable plastics paints ,biofuel .fod and animal feed . Hemp contains psychoactive component Tetrahydrocannabinol ( THC) in low concentration and contains higher concentration of cannabidol which decreases or eliminates its psychoactive effects . Nowdays ,amny countries throughout the world are legally strong in the import and the export of the industrial hemp . Hemp with low concentration of THC are only permitted . Hemp plants has lots of benefits . Some are : 1. Hemp is good for planet as it helps from clearing the air to regenerating soil and providing habitat for wildlife . 2. Hemp breaths in CO2 Hemp is basically natural purifier . The plant rapidly captures CO2 from the atmosphere and makes what we breathe much cleaner .In fact for every tonne of hemp produced ,1.63 tonnes of carbons removed from the air . 3. Heme regenerates the soil : The stem and the leaves are jam packed of nutrients . As the plant matures and the seed grows ,leaf matter falls to the ground and decomposes replenishing the soil with goodness ready for the next crop . 4. Hemp agnaist pesticides : It does not requires pesticides or herbicides to grow . 5. Hemp prevents soil erosion : The roots of the hemp plant grow strong and upto whopping nine feet deep . This type of root system helps to hold soil together and prevent erosion . 6. Hemp needs little water :It requires very little water to grow 7. Nothing goes to waste with hemp : hemp can be used to produce over 25,000 products . The seed is used to produce healthy food products , The flower and the leaves are used to make beauty products and the stalk for natural fibre. 8. Hemp provides a habitat for wildlife as it grows to three feet tall . 9. Hemp can help in the fight agnaist deforestation . Scientists across the world now believe with 100 years , there will be no rainforest . But there is hope in hemp . While trees take years to mature , hemp can be grown in just four months . The plant could there fore replace trees as the source of raw material for paper . Hemp can save the planet . |
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