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The project concerns the actions, investments, transactions relating to the products in Annex I to the TFEU, in Brussels nomenclature Chapter 15 / 15.07. Stable, fluid or solid vegetable oils, crude, purified or refined and Chapter 57 / 57.01: Hemp (Cannabis sativa), raw, scalded, combed or otherwise prepared, but spun; tow and waste (including lint).
The project aims to develop products, techniques and processes by implementing a cross-cutting eco-innovative sequencing technology (eg inflorescences and stems), seed separation and oil production. The technical equipment proposed for application of the technology will be tested on the hemp field set up by the farmer. Good cooperation will be achieved within the operational group in order to create a knowledge base for this technology applied in the Buzau, Ilfov rural area, but also in other areas. Through cooperation between the farmer and INCD, innovation and diversification of agricultural products, with superior nutritional properties and the utilization of biomass in the agricultural sector, are encouraged.
The technology proposed for execution in the OG group is specifically aimed for the farmers that cultivate or are intending to develop hemp seed and / or hemp fibre culture on small or medium surfaces, accessible to those with minimum technical facilities.
Implementation of the proposed technology to farmers, the use of the knowledge gained during the project and dissemination of the obtained results, provides the basis for the development of new businesses opportunities for farmers, by obtaining hemp products with high added value, development of collaborations between groups and producers, the ultimate goal being to increase turnover

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Perceived need for project outcomes:
From traditional experience, hemp is considered a powerful plant that does not require pesticides, grows fast enough and helps to renew the growing land. After hemp cultivation, the land becomes in the following year, suited for the cultivation of cereals, because hemp kills weeds. Also, the amount of chemical fertilizer required for good production is much lower than in other crops.
The technical difficulty (excluding legislation) for the implementation, development and exploitation of this hemp crop, is harvesting and processing.
The project aims at developing products, techniques and processes by developing an eco-innovative technology of sequential harvesting of hemp, inflorescences and stems, seed conditioning and oil production.
The proposed technology, compared to harvesting with the cereal combine harvester, consists in harvesting the hemp in two separate sequences, the inflorescences and the stems, at a single pass of the harvesting equipment, collecting the inflorescences. Conditioning (seed drilling and cleaning) should be carried out with specialized equipment adapted for the tractor or for an electric motor.
Through the implementation of the proposed technology, the competitiveness of the primary producers improves by diversifying the products offered to the market, which gives them a firm integration in the agro-food chain, according to the quality schemes appropriate to this sector, with multiple possibilities for development and cooperation at the organizations, producers and interprofessional level, hemp culture, by its by-products: oil, fiber, straw hull, cakes resulted from seed pressing, can have multiple areas of use.