Structuring the hemp industry of French Gâtinais

 

The recently launched into the work of the primary processing plant cannabisa Gâtichanvre company in the department of Essen (in the Ile-de-France, France) will lead to a significant increase in industrial areas under industrial hemp in the region.

 

At this point in the interest of the company plant Gâtichanvre in the regional natural park of French Gâtinais technical hemp grown 66 farmers on more than 650 hectares of farmland. "The launch of" plant offers farmers additional opportunities throughout the region for the cultivation of industrial hemp cultivation technology, in connection with what is planned to increase in the area occupied by planting the most highly profitable crop to 1,000 hectares in 2019. After receiving a number of products of primary processing malonarkoticheskoy hemp, raw materials from cannsbisa be transported to the factories of deep processing, and then the resulting end products to sell on the territory of France and other EU countries, Asia, Australia and North and South America.

 

It is planned to further improvement of the factory manufactured products, for which the new equipment will be purchased in 2017. These machines and mechanisms will have to be processed before the kostra required market standards and packaged in it for the benefit of horticulture (hemp mulch) zoobusiness (bedding for animals, composting toilets) construction market (part hempcrete). In addition, the planned placement of facilities that manufacture insulation panels made of hemp fiber.

 

According to the president of the Regional Natural Park of French Gâtinais Boissaingalta Jean-Jacques (Jean-Jacques Boussaingault) «Guide Park has for several years been involved in the financing of the project for the construction of primary processing of cannabis plant in their territories. According to the developed program until 2020 in the construction of the plant in general, the direction of the park should be invested about 1.2 million. Euro. "

 

In addition to products of the enterprise, based on it is planned to hold workshops and seminars-training of specialists in various branches of economy, in which the hemp ingredients are used as an effective raw materials.

 

According to municipal authorities, the creation of hemp infrastructure around the project will create about 15 jobs only to employees for the operation of the primary processing plant. In addition, the creation of a workshop for the production of blocks of hempcrete allow another 11 people to earn a living - related capacity. Besides construction topics, management of primary processing of hemp plant is considering the possibility of participation in various projects related to the use of cannabis in the creation of biocomposite materials. In particular, negotiations with the French automotive companies, in accordance with which eventually plans to create facilities for the production of various elements of car interior decoration of hemp biocomposites (instrument panels, interior trim of the doors, the passenger compartment, etc.).

 

Analysts hemp market in France, through a not very long period of time produced at this factory of primary processing of hemp raw materials to be used for the production of a variety of biocomposite materials, textile and knitted products, furniture, a variety of building components (insulation, a mixture of plaster, hempcrete, etc. .d.), as well as in Zoo business (bedding, toilets for pets).

 

 

According to official figures the French Economic and Social Council (Conseil économique social et environnemental) area of ​​industrial hemp crop in the country is about 9000 ha, despite the fact that in total across the EU in all 17,500 hectares cultivated. industrial crops cannabisa.

 

In the Regional Natural Park of French Gâtinais in 2012 was first sown 50 hectares malonarkoticheskoy hemp, in 2015 - 250 ha. Traditionally, the region crops are cereals, beet, oilseed rape, so the initiative of several farmers to cultivate industrial hemp is not only caused no support, but also seen as a threat to public order in the region. It is the regional public organization was created to protect their right to the cultivation of industrial hemp cultivation technology in 2011, which including taking part in several lawsuits related to obtaining permits for the cultivation of industrial hemp by means of representatives of the French Themis. For several years, the production of hemp grain only demonstrated that malonarkoticheskoy hemp cultivation is very profitable pastime, so by 2016, more than 60 farmers have expressed a desire to engage konoplevodstvom. It ordered a feasibility study for the construction of the National Association to conduct a study, according to which the decision was made to the advisability of the construction of primary processing of cannabis plant in the region. According to a representative of the local hemp associations Nicolas Dufour (Nicolas Dufour) «Establishment of primary processing of hemp plant reaches the level of recoupment in the event to ensure uninterrupted supply of raw hemp from the area from 900 to 1000 hectares." Company Gatichanvre, created by six farmers in the region in 2013, eventually able to achieve the expansion of areas for the cultivation of industrial hemp to the required space and the construction of primary processing of hemp plant.