Co-Chair of Guyana Hemp Industries Michael Kirton and News Room’s Kurt Campbell during a visit to the Kuru Kururu location on Tuesday
“This area was selected because it was never touched, it is organic… we hoping that the Kurur Kururu project will become an example for people in other communities,” he added as he talked up the establishment of hemp agricultural investment zones.
In 1962, Guyana signed onto and ratified the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic but hemp was removed from the list.
The Guyana Hemp Industries is hopeful that the government will follow through and adjust domestic laws as it has promised.
The final approval will be given under tight control, the News Room was previously informed. It comes as there are lingering fears that hemp can be used recreationally and it could camouflage the cultivation of marijuana which remains illegal.
Speaking on the readiness of hemp advocates across the country, Kirton said everyone stands ready to start the associated production and manufacturing activities with land clearing underway.
He said the body has already entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a USA-based company to provide supplies seeds and equipment needed to start the project in Guyana.
