HISTORY OF CULTIVATION AND PROCESSING OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP IN SLAVONIA AND BARANJA

Milan Ivanovic (), Katica Krizanovic () and Lara Liovic Nadazdi
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Milan Ivanovic: Panon – think tank for strategic studies, Osijek
Katica Krizanovic: University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer in Osijek, Faculty of Economics in Osijek
Lara Liovic Nadazdi: Udruga inovatora Osjecko-baranjske zupanije

Economy of eastern Croatia yesterday, today, tommorow, 2015, vol. 4, 184-192

Abstract: Industrial hemp is a very useful cash crop which is in the area of Slavonia, Baranja and Sriem bred for centuries, and was used in the diet of humans and domestic animals as well as raw materials in the artisan trades, and later in the industry. In the second half of the XX century products from hemp replaced by synthetic materials so that the production of hemp decreased and the 90s almost stopped. In recent years interest in industrial hemp and its processing increases signify-cantly and is the world's growing at a substantial rate. According to a series of articles in recent literature of hemp processing produces thousands of products. This paper provides an overview of growing hemp and its' industrial processing in Slavonia and Baranja region in the XIX and XX century.

Keywords: Industrial hemp; Hemp processing; Agricultural production; Slavonia and Baranja (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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