Modern Belgian konoplevodstvo
Since 2009 konoplevodstvo actively developed in Wallonia. Sown area increased from 120 ha in 2010 to 250 hectares in 2014 and to more than 400 hectares in 2015. At the end of 2016 in the village of Marlow began their work the basic machinery of primary processing of industrial hemp plant.
The country has a long history konoplevodstva, however, the adoption of the UN convention defamatory most highly profitable crop has led to the fact that in Belgium, as in most European countries, cannabis is not grown to the beginning of the XXI century. By the beginning of the renaissance of hemp, in Flanders there are several industrial enterprises, the main products is the manufacture of twisted products of cannabis and production of ropes or homespun products, mostly used by the Belgian shoemaker. Hemp raw materials for the production of these semi-legally grown Belgian farmers who have traditionally engaged in the cultivation of cannabis on small plots of land belonging to them. In Wallonia, in general, there were no facilities for processing cannabis.
The numbers that demonstrate the degree of industry degradation are the acreage in 1895 - 621 ha in 1959 - 2 hectares, and in 1961 (after the adoption of the above-mentioned UN Conventions), industrial crops industrial hemp in Belgium does not grow until the mid-90s of the last century.
Stages revival Belgian konoplevodstva
1995 - creation of the Belgian «La Bombe Verte» project
March 1996 - after receiving several inquiries about the possibility of cultivation in the country of industrial hemp cultivation technology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Health and Social Affairs have developed a legal act regulating the procedure for the cultivation of hemp malonarkoticheskoy in Belgium. The basis of the document was the application of European standards, according to which in 1988 the insurance company serves industrial hemp crops only if the amount of THC in them was less than 0.3%.
May 1996 - in the framework of the project «La Bombe Verte» planted 2 hectares of test industrial hemp (cannabis first legally grown since 1961)
September 1996 - the first crop harvested malonarkoticheskoy cannabis, initiated a series of studies aimed at exploring possibilities for the cultivation and processing of industrial hemp crops malonarkoticheskoy (product lines, bio-energy, textile, etc.)
1998 - decided to reduce the persecution of users of psychoactive cannabis to a minimum
2003 - Parliament passes a law under which the psychoactive cannabis decriminalized
Since 2009 konoplevodstvo actively developed in Wallonia. Sown area increased from 120 ha in 2010 to 250 hectares in 2014 and to more than 400 hectares in 2015. At the end of 2016 in the village of Marlow began their work the basic machinery of primary processing of industrial hemp plant. 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.
Information taken from the site http://tku.org.ua