The 5-th «Hemp Fest»

On September 7, 2022, in the village of Sad, Sumy district, the Institute of Agriculture of the North East of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine held a scientific and practical seminar «Hemp Fest» on the development of hemp. It was the 5-th consecutive event in this place, but this time, however, it was without unnecessary advertising and mass events.The seminar was attended by about fifty participants, half of them were from various regions of Ukraine.

At the beginning there was a trip to the hemp field, and then – the plenary part. The speakers focused on three main aspects of hemp business in Ukraine :

the global influences and cooperation within the EU (Oleksandr Maslak, director of the Department of Agro-Industrial Development of the Sumy Regional State Administration, Yurii Hladenko, coordinator of the project “Slobozhanski konopli”);

the lobbying influences in the agricultural sector of Ukraine (Mykola Shkurko, chairman of the board of directors of the FHDAU, Vasyl Serheiev, scientific director of the “Scientific and Technological Center “Bioresurs” LLC);

the national scientific and practical achievements (Viktor Kabanets, director of the Institute of Agriculture of the North East, Serhiy Tkachenko, director of the Institute of Bast Crops).

In particular, Mykola Shkurko called in his speech for a dialogue with agrarian associations that have leverage over the regulation of the agricultural market, to establish cooperation between them and the Institute of Bast Crops as well as the Institute of Agriculture of the North East on the development of a bill on industrial hemp.

A lively and open discussion during the seminar and friendly dinner showed that hemp business is reviving and has its perspectives.

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