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Hemp Research

Industrial Hemp Research

Researching Climate-Smart Fiber Hemp

Climate-Smart Fiber Hemp: A Versatile Thread Connecting the Nation's Underserved Farmers, Climate Change Mitigation and Novel Market Opportunities

Tennessee State University is Lead Partner in the collaborative initiative with USDA Partnerships to:

expand the production of industrial hemp as a climate-smart commodity,
evaluate its greenhouse gas benefits (GHG),
and promote the value of market development to a cross-section of production agriculture, including small, medium, and underserved producers across the state of Tennessee.

Special efforts are planned to identify and recruit underserved producers (e.g. minority producers, women, veterans), as well as farmers from the nine most economically distressed counties in Tennessee and the 30 counties-at-risk for becoming economically-distressed.

USDA Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities: Building Markets and Investing in America's Climate-Smart Farmers, Ranchers & Forest Owners to Strengthen U.S. Rural and Agricultural Communities

Lead Partner: Tennessee State University
Other Major Partners: Tennessee State University, Hemp Alliance of Tennessee, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, Tennessee Department of Agriculture, The Tennessee New Farmer Academy, based at Tennessee State University
Major Commodities: Hemp
Approximate Funding Ceiling: $4,972,800

Climate-Smart Dashboard (TN)>>

Tennessee - Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities State Fact Sheet>> (pdf)

Smart Climate Project Summaries>>

Hemp Growth

hemp Hemp Growth at TSU>>