DA supreme ganja, smoked by Rastas and even Bob Marley himself in the 1970s? This pipe dream of every self-respecting ganja aficionado is becoming reality again thanks to the horticultural talents of a scientist in Jamaica.
Amid mangos, lychees and other jackfruit, Dr Machel Emanuel has planted a field of cannabis plants measuring dozens of square metres — cannabis cultivated in the open, in greenhouses or in his lab in the botanical garden of the Biology Department at the University of the West Indies in Kingston.
His specialty: Landrace cannabis, which grew naturally in Jamaica before it disappeared as a result of human intervention.
“In the 50s, 60s, 70s, Jamaica was known for its landrace cultivar which definitely gave Jamaica that
