Hemp Project Gets Australian Government Funding

University of Adelaide project involving hemp has received a substantial grant from the Australian Research Council.

The ARC’s Linkage Program promotes national and international research partnerships between researchers and business, industry, community organisations and other publicly funded research agencies; supporting projects with funding of $50,000 to $300,000 per year for two to five years.

67 new research projects totalling $31.7 million were announced last week, which will see additional cash and in-kind investment of an $52 million.

Among the projects to score a guernsey – and the only one involving industrial hemp – was from the University of Adelaide’s School of Agriculture Food and Wine. It received $513,272 to undertake pioneering seed solutions for the nation’s industrial hemp industry.

Led by Professor Rachel Burton, Head of the Department of Plant Science unit at the School, the team aims to develop the next generation of industrial hemp cultivars to be grown for seed with high protein and oil content. These cultivars will also be drought resistant – particularly important in Australia – and minimize the amount of the intoxicating cannabinoid THC produced.

Read more at  https://hempgazette.com/news/hemp-arc-funding-hg1496/

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