Success of Cannadouro dictates new edition for 2018

The first edition of Cannadouro — International Hemp Fair, which took place on the 18th and 19th of November at Alfândega do Porto, was a success, in such a way that João Carvalho, from the organization, announced that he is already preparing the second edition of the event. An iconic figure in the Portuguese cannabis scene, João Carvalho spoke with Cannapress at the end of Cannadouro to take stock of his activity.

“The great objective has been accomplished: the meeting place for cannabis culture in Portugal is created”, can be read in the press release sent by Cannadouro. According to official data, the event had about 60 stands, divided between participants and sponsors, 30 national and international companies, 14 parallel conferences and received more than 2.500 visitors, including 250 accredited professionals.

General image of Cannadouro Photo: DR

Alberto Pires, co-organizer of the event, also confirmed this success with the companies represented: “At a business level, the feedback we received was extremely positive and we already have interest and reservations for next year's edition. The companies have obtained proof that the Portuguese market deserves their attention and has great potential.”

The fair promoted the debate on the use of hemp in all its aspects — industrial, recreational and medicinal — and thus established itself as “the meeting point for the cannabis culture of the entire Atlantic strip of the Iberian Peninsula, with visitors to travel to Porto from the Algarve to Galicia”, said João Carvalho in an interview with Cannapress.

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Author of the prologue to Jack Herer’s book “O Rei vai Nú”, João Carvalho became interested in the universe of the plant very early on. Cannabis Sativa L.: “In the early 90s I did a paper on hemp for a course and in 1995 I signed up for a master's degree that I did not complete, but which allowed me to gather a lot of information. I can say with some pride that I will probably be the person who has the most bibliographic references on hemp in Portugal, because I visited the most important libraries in the country, many of them small, but located in areas historically related to hemp. There is a lot of literature, especially since the XNUMXth century. XVIII, in which hemp was treated as one of the great agricultural crops, without any prejudice.”, he says.