Belgium is increasing processing capacity of hemp
Another EU region is actively growing and processing industrial hemp crops technical Marlowe becomes a village (Province of Luxembourg).
According to representatives of the local community, the Ministry of Agriculture of Belgium, Wallonia, various public organizations, "launch" of modern industrial enterprises for processing industrial hemp cultivation is a significant event in konoplevodcheskoy industry is not only the region but also the entire country.
September 23 began their work the basic machinery of primary processing of industrial hemp plant in the village of Marlow. The total value of investment in the machine park of the company, which will operate 6 persons amounted to about $ 2 million.
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According to information provided by the Association of growers of Wallonia, at the plant in Marlow will be the primary processing of hemp trusts, grown in the region. Mechanisms of plant designed to separate the fiber from the kostra. Subsequently the fiber is used for the benefit of the textile industry. During the process of processing of hemp trusts and bringing it up to the quality standards required textile and knitwear enterprises observed by representatives of the center companies, "Agricultural development". Director of the said company's development department, Jean-Noel Degie says that "we have developed mechanisms that can bring quality hemp fiber flax to standards. These mechanisms are installed on the primary processing plant in Marlow".
According to Jean-Noel Degie "In order to provide running industrial power plant, it is necessary to grow the raw material on an area of about 600 hectares. The plant already have clients interested in using the products, although in the form of contracts prior oral agreement is not decorated. Clients waiting for fiber samples in order to evaluate the quality and cost. "
According to the President Association of growers of Wallonia 'immediate goal is to increase crop areas in the region up to 1000 hectares and the creation of conditions for export of finished products to the EU countries, in Asia, Australia, North and South America.
Comment of the Association "Ukrainian industrial hemp"
The history of modern konoplevodstva Belgium has several decades. After 40 years of oblivion Belgian cannabis growers continued their work with the 90-ies of the last century, the period of active resuscitating the once highly profitable branches of agriculture and the country's initial efforts to re-engage the farmers in cultivation of the most highly profitable crop. Non-profit organization Le Bombe Verte (LBV) revives the interest of farmers and the general public in the country as an industrial hemp culture. Based on the individual provisions of European Union law, Le Bombe Verte forced the Ministry of Agriculture of the country to publish a newsletter for farmers, which sets out the procedures necessary for the cultivation of cannabis in the country. In 1996, the LBV participated in the cultivation of 60 hectares of cannabis in the country, the harvest from which was transferred to the Free University of Brussels for work associated with the study of the possibility of substitution of cannabis dig out minerals. Since 1997 a number of farmers countries are actively engaged in the cultivation and processing of industrial hemp.
In 2009 in the country were revived power processing plants in the provinces of Namur and Luxembourg. To date, a few farmers grow Luxembourg Province 400 industrial industrial hemp crops. Naturally there was a question about the necessity of processing of trusts and to obtain a product with high added value. Therefore, the Belgian cannabis growers decided to install recycling facilities in the region.
This kind of situation is observed in Ukraine. Several companies that cultivate large areas of industrial technical hemp crops are considering installation of processing facilities trusts. That is why several members of the association solve this kind of problem with the involvement of national scientific and industrial potential.
Information taken from the site http://tku.org.ua