Sumy is the leading Ukrainian region of breeding and cultivation of industrial hemp

Cultivation of industrial hemp has been saved and is actively developing in Ukraine due to efforts of scientists of Sumy region. Collaboration and experience exchange with scientific organizations of China, Lithuania, Poland, France, Italy, USA and Canada is ongoing.

The Institute of Bast Crops of NAAS of Ukraine (Hlukhiv) is a world-renowned as research institution with a unique bast culture scientific school, founded in 1931. Varieties of hemp that do not contain narcotic substances have been first bred in the world by the Institute’s staff. The Ukrainian National Hemp Collection, which is considered as one of the largest in the world and has 489 samples, is located in this institute.

Scientists of the Institute of Agriculture of the Northeast of NAAS of Ukraine (village Sad of Sumy district) have developed and implemented high-tech hemp cultivation technologies that allow receiving high and stable crops.

Institute of Bast Crops of NAAS of Ukraine together with Hamptekhno LLC has developed a manufacturing line for production of bast fibers, focused on the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises. At the facilities of Sumykamvol LLC hemp fiber is processed into non-woven material. Bedding under the “Charivna nich” TM is made of natural ecological filler konoplepon. Desnaland company grows and produces eco-friendly natural products. Among the products of the farm “Ekosvit” you can choose such dessert like halva from hemp, and from O’BEREG cheese factory in Sumy you can taste cheese with the addition of hemp manufactured according to the original recipe. All this was demonstrated during the AgroEtno Festival Hemp Fest on August 17, 2019 in the village Sad of Sumy district located in the picturesque territory of the Institute of Agriculture of the Northeast of NAAS of Ukraine.

In the center – Victor Kabanets, director of the Institute of Agriculture of the Northeast of the NAAS of Ukraine, and Mykola Shkurko, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Public Union “Flax and Hemp Development Association of Ukraine” , among the participants of the festival

Opening of the festival

Michel Tereschenko (in the center), owner of Desnaland company, shares experience in hemp industry

Hemp industry has long-standing roots

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