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From ecological intercropping to fine fiber
Project
Project code: EIP-Agri-NRW-2016-PGPDVV01
Contract period: 01.01.2016
- 31.12.2018
Budget: 550,479 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Keywords: plant production and horticulture, product/service, marketing/supply chain
The cultivation of intermediate crops is desirable for ecological reasons of water protection and the promotion of biodiversity, but is generally unattractive for agricultural companies. The affected companies are aiming to combine economical and ecological goals. On the one hand, the positive characteristics of hemp regarding nitrate accumulation etc. are known from the already existing summer cultivation of hemp, which can not economically compete with classical main crops. Winter farming, on the other hand, is new. It can significantly increase the creation of value of the crop area. This is possible because of a discovery from a predecessor project. Winter hemp fibres have a hitherto unknown fineness and are therefore suitable for the processing of high-quality textiles. This project aims 1. to solve the operational intercropping problem, 2. to optimize and evaluate winter hemp by means of exact experiments, 3. to substainably increase the economic and environmental perspective of farms by a marketable product and 4. to transfer the procedure into practice.
Section overview
Subjects
- Crop Production
- Specialised crops
Funding programme
Excutive institution
Agriculture of North Rhine-Westphalia - Horticultural Center, Cologne, Auweiler
