FHDAU Annual Meeting

An Annual Meeting of the the Public Union “Flax and Hemp Development Association of Ukraine” was held on June 10, 2019 at the Institute of Oilseed Crops of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences (Zaporizhzhya).

The agenda was:

  1. Demonstration of breeding nurseries of oil flax and hybrid rape, demonstration grounds of rape and winter mustard, spring oriental and yellow mustards, experimental sites of safflower and sunflower of IOC NAAS selection, seed crops of small-seeded
  2. Overview of the situation on the market of oil flax, fiber flax and hemp in Ukraine.
  3. About breeding achievements and prospects of growing oil flax for different types of use.
  4. Consideration of initiatives on the development of flax and hemp industries.
  5. About the tasks of the Public Union “Flax and Hemp Development Association of Ukraine”.

On the suggestion of Svyrydenko V. B. and Shkurko M.P. FHDAU members, it was decided to conduct a feasibility study of the expediency of processing of oil flax straw to a short fiber in order to increase the profitability of cultivating this crop.

For this purpose fields of oil flax of SE “DG “Novator” were inspected.

Participants of the meeting thank the FHDAU member Shevchenko I. A. for the successful organization of the event.

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