project - EIP-AGRI Operational Group

Multi-purpose applications to resume the hemp supply chain - Multihemp
Applicazioni multiuso per rilanciare la filiera della canapa - Multicanapa

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Completed | 2020 - 2023 Italy
Completed | 2020 - 2023 Italy
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Context

After years of decline and stagnation, hemp cultivation is rapidly expanding both at European and global level. In Europe, in 2017 the hemp surface exceeded 40,000 hectares, driven largely by seed production and the collection of inflorescences and threshing waste for the extraction of molecules of cosmetic and pharmaceutical interest (source: European Industrial Hemp Association). The exploitation of the stem is possible only where there are industrial processing plants that de-hull and stem the stem to separate the fiber from the shives. Multihemp project addresses the main bottlenecks that prevent the development of an industrial hemp supply chain in Emilia Romagna: the lack of a stable market for fiber and shives, the difficulties of mechanization of the harvesting and the phases of first transformation, the scarce availability of agronomic information related to the choice of genotypes and cultivation techniques, low yield in seed, reduced knowledge related to the exploitation of crop residues for the extraction of secondary metabolites, fragmentation of supply and demand for technical information related to hemp cultivation

Objectives

The general objective of the project is to create the technical, economic and market conditions to support the development of a multi-purpose hemp production chain in Emilia Romagna.

Objectives

L’obiettivo generale del progetto è stato creare le condizioni tecniche, economiche e di mercato per sostenere lo sviluppo di una filiera per la produzione di canapa multiuso in Emilia Romagna. 

Activities

• Evaluation of cultivation procedures for obtaining products derived from hemp
• Evaluation of specific equipment and equipment for the mechanization of hemp
• Hemp processing tests
• Environmental economic analysis: market survey and LCA

Activities

• Valutazione di procedure di coltivazione per l’ottenimento di prodotti derivati dalla canapa
• Valutazione di attrezzature e dotazioni specifiche per la meccanizzazione della canapa
• Prove di lavorazione della canapa
• Analisi economico ambientale: Indagine di mercato ed LCA

Project details
Main funding source
Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups
Rural Development Programme
2014IT06RDRP003 Italy - Rural Development Programme (Regional) - Emilia-Romagna
Location
Main geographical location
Bologna
Other geographical location
Ferrara, Modena

EUR 237685.41

Total budget

Total contributions from EAFRD, national co-financing, additional national financing and other financing.

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Contacts

Project coordinator

  • CICA BOLOGNA - Consorzio Interprovinciale Cooperative Agricole

    Project coordinator

Project partners