Situación actual para la producción del cultivo Cáñamo (Cannabis sativa) en Ecuador

Hemp in recent years is having an impact due to its benefit for the textile and medicinal industry use. However, in Ecuador, after an arduous fight against legality, the National Assembly in September 2019 approved the legal use of hemp. Ecuador with its geographical and meteorological location conditions allow a higher yield in planting and production. Cannabis sativa is an annual herbaceous plant up to 4 m tall, with an erect stem and stipulated palmate leaves, the lower ones opposite and the upper ones alternate. Hemp, despite not being edible, is very profitable in our country, these generate employment, reactivating the economy, it is a highly profitable crop due to its medicinal and industrial use. For the planting of Cannabis it is important to have a license depending on the use, this type of license is valid for ten years from its granting, its renewal is done 90 days before the expiration of the previous license, if cannabis is planted in Ecuador without a permit The penalty is between one and three years in prison. In February 2021, the seven licenses were issued for the first time in: Pichincha. Guayas and Cotopaxi granted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) to work in this innovative industry. Tabacundo, Pichincha are the first formal and legal crops of this plant. The Ecuadorian company CannAndes is a pioneer in the legal cultivation of cannabis sativa and is the first to export the processed flower and hemp tincture to a company in Switzerland.

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Muñoz Almeida, Pedro Israel (author)
• التنسيق: bachelorThesis
• منشور في: 2022
• الموضوعات: Cáñamo; Producción; Normativa; Licencia
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://dspace.utb.edu.ec/handle/49000/13299