Konoplevodstvo the Republic of Cyprus

In 2015, two Cypriot farmers planted industrial hemp on a total area of ​​4.2 hectares without waiting for the adoption of the necessary legislation and apeliruya to the relevant rules of the European Union.

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Cyprus hemp grown for thousands of years for the manufacture of fabrics and canvas, as well as food, cosmetics and medicinal plants. Ancient Cypriots to cannabis are treated with respect and awe, valued for its antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. Clothing made from hemp widely used and considered to be curative.

Besides clothing from hemp fiber in Cyprus was widespread tradition of making hemp shoes. The diet of the ancient Cypriots also commonly present on hemp-based products, in particular oil, seeds, hemp flour and salt. Over a dozen centuries cosmetic features of hemp oil is actively used the inhabitants of the island. Hemp seeds, better known on the island called "kannauri", used for the manufacture of animal feed "kannauropitta."

Hemp is grown without any restrictions until the 60-ies of the last century.

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At the moment, the cultivation of any type of hemp in Cyprus is prohibited. Also it is smoking cannabis obtaining seeds from abroad by mail, regardless of its form.

In 2015, two Cypriot farmers planted industrial hemp on a total area of ​​4.2 hectares without waiting for the adoption of the necessary legislation and apeliruya to the relevant rules of the European Union. This fact was the point of the republic's authorities sent to the legalization of industrial hemp cultivation technology. Due to this kind of conflict of laws of the EU and the Republic of Cyprus, the entire crop is grown on the island of hemp will be checked by officers of the fight against drug trafficking.

On the island there is the Association "Friends of cannabis" (Δήλωση από το Σωματείο Φίλοι της Κάνναβης), which is actively involved in the legalization of the cultivation of industrial crops industrial hemp. That representatives of the public association advocated for hemp to the island's economy revived and made a decisive contribution to the development of agricultural communities, and became the basis of initial processing at local level. As Cypriot and European investors are willing to establish in the island production of raw hemp food products, textiles, knitwear, footwear, explosives, fuels, paints and varnishes.

Given the fact that the legislation of the European Union encourages the cultivation of hemp malonarkoticheskoy offering this subsidy, the Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Health of the Republic of Cyprus prepared a draft law on the legalization of cannabis cultivation. A Cypriot cannabis growers have already applied for subsidies from the EU.

Agriculture Minister Nikos Kuyyalis claims that only through this year, three large foreign companies appealed to the government of the Republic of Cyprus with the request about the possibility of growing cannabis on the island. According to him, "If you will be legalized hemp cultivation for industrial purposes, the foreigners will buy the land and begin to cultivate hemp malonarkoticheskuyu in Cyprus".

August 24 activists of legalizing hemp cultivation malonarkoticheskoy the Republic of Cyprus in Paphos, Limassol, with the free areas of Famagusta gathered for the first 60 years of the last century, the harvest in the area of ​​Nicosia. It is this kind of master class industrial cleaning seeding industrial hemp can be nominal starting point konoplevodstva revival in the territory of the Republic of Cyprus.

Industrial hemp plantation was located 30 km from the capital of Cyprus, near the buffer zone. The arrival of a group of people worried representatives of the UN peacekeeping forces and local police. Representatives of the power structures of the republic and the UN mission arrived at the plantation, and learn what it was, did not interfere with the process of harvesting. In addition, at the request of the police participants identified their employees with the appropriate transport that accompanied the cars from the harvest industrial hemp in the place of its initial processing.