To use the five-year transitional provision of the soon-to-be-released draft ministerial regulation (Section 5(3)) on imported seeds for commercial or industrial cultivation (including the use of local indigenous seeds) to address the RPF1-4 issues.
- However, this measure must be in place. Thailand cannot limit seeds to only those in the country. Other countries have already gone far.
- It is considered as “unlocking”, not “the wrong key”.
Imported hemp seeds must not be GMO, have the correct CO and CA, have a THC value not exceeding 1%, can use native plant species (but control THC), is permitted in a five-year transitional provision, request permission according to the recommended purpose, ask the foreign seed seller whether after buying imported seeds, can they use their seeds from our harvest to grow in the next crop? Many do not agree and consider it a breach of their sales agreement. Most imported seeds from abroad can be grown in a single crop, so we must also look at our own business plan.
