Category «About hemp»

Baturyn flax factory has been in a long wait

The enterprise was built and put into operation in 1932 as a hemp factory. In the same year, a branch of the Bakhmach workers’ faculty was opened in Baturyn to train workers. In 1934, a power plant was put into operation, which made it possible to increase the production capacity of the factory. From September …

Presentation of the Eco Industrial Park took place

On September 27, 2023, an expanded meeting of the Anti-Crisis Headquarters for Economic Stability under Martial Law of the Ukrainian League of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (ULIE) Management Board was held. Andrii Alechko, a representative of the FHDAU, presented the project of the Eco Industrial Park. Following the meeting, the participants adopted a decision containing relevant …

From industrial hemp to hemp industry

The article by Mykola Shkurko, a member of the Board of Directors of the FHDAU , tells about the all-Ukrainian festival of industrial hemp “Hemp Fest”. It was held for the sixth time in a row by the North-East agriculture Institute of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine (Sumy district, Sad village). On …

Revival of industrial hemp growing in Rivne region

The prospects for the development of hemp industry were discussed at a meeting with scientists and entrepreneurs on July, 26. On average 200 to 500 hectares are sown with industrial hemp annually in the region. Our goal is to increase the area and create a full value-added processing cycle. For this purpose, we have already …

Association pleads for divergences management

While the operators of technical hempseed market are in charge of the branch development, state control bodies build obstacles. PU “FHDAU” appealed to NSDC and Ministry of agrarian policy with a request to enable the transfer of a part of technical hempseed sown areas quotas from North-East agriculture Institute of NAAS and Institute of bast …

From industrial hemp to hemp industry

The occupation of southern Ukraine and the closure of ports have actualized the search for alternatives to corn, wheat, sunflower and soybeans as the most massive commodities in sea transportation. In this regard, interest in alternative crops, including hemp, is returning. Thus, the prerequisites and an urgent need for legislative stimulation of the hemp industry …

Invitation to discuss the industrial hemp development program

On April 6, the Institute of bast crops held a round table “Industrial hemp for the domestic economy development: growing technologies and varietal potential, seed production and industry consulting”. During the problematics discussion Yurii Hladenko, the representative of the Sumy regional state administration, spoke. He invited to join the public discussion of the State target …