Traditional ganja farmers are crying foul play after the Alternative Development (AD) Project which was designed to include them in the formal medicinal ganja industry was put on pause.

The AD Project, which was announced in July 2019, was touted as the vehicle which the Government would use to transition traditional ganja farmers from an illicit framework into the regulated environment. The project is under the purview of the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), an agency of the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC).

The pilot project was active in two communities: Accompong Maroon Town in St Elizabeth and Orange Hill in Westmoreland. It was an 18-month project which ended in July last year.

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