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Cultivation, harvesting and processing of hemp straw and hemp seeds
Project
Project code: EIP-Agri-HE-2019-LPLGMPGBV
Contract period: 01.01.2019
- 31.12.2021
Budget: 291,806 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Keywords: farming practice/activity, farming equipment, plant production and horticulture, biodiversity, food industry, product/service, marketing/supply chain
The hemp plant is regarded as one of the oldest useful plants on earth. Despite the many possible uses of the individual plant parts, there are hardly any cultivation areas in Germany. This poses various challenges for the development of a value-added chain to the hemp plant. A first difficulty is the lack of locally adapted hemp varieties. Furthermore, high transport costs and long transport distances of the harvesting technology impair the economic efficiency of hemp cultivation. Last but not least, there are hardly any empirical values on the different demands on conveying technology, drying and storage of hemp seeds. The OG has therefore set itself the goal of establishing hemp cultivation in the Werra-Meißner district with as many value-added chains as possible. Here, both the partial processing of the hemp plant on site as well as the optimization of the cultivation and the breeding of plants adapted to the location are planned. In the long term it is planned to ensure the processing of the entire hemp plant into various products (hemp straw for hemp fibre, hemp seeds for seeds, hemp oil, hemp nuts for bakeries and hemp nuts for animal feed).
Section overview
Subjects
- Crop Production
- Specialised crops
- Market Analysis/Marketing Strategy
- Process engineering
