Comparative table between some characteristics of
hemp and kenaf |
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Unit of measurement |
Hemp |
Kenaf |
| Vegetative
cycle |
months |
4-6 |
3-5 |
| Yield in stems
(*) |
tonn/ha |
10-16 |
12-18 |
| Selected
varieties |
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yes |
yes |
| Availability of
selected seed |
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yes |
modest |
| Community
grant: |
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yes |
no |
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- Community Reg.
no. 2044/93 |
ECU/ha |
640(-) |
- |
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- Community Reg. no. 334/93 |
ECU/ha |
- |
Variabile
(^) |
| Mechanization of cultivation |
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complete |
under
improvement |
| Parasitic attacks |
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modest or
none |
modest or none |
| Cleaning effect on infesting weeds |
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very high |
very high |
| Underproducts usable in zootechny |
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no |
no |
| Seed industrial use |
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yes |
yes |
| Seed merchant type |
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proteoleaginous |
proteoleaginous |
| Fibre Italian market |
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existing (+) |
potential |
| Fibre Community market |
|
existing (+) |
potential |
| Paper uses |
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conventional |
under
development |
| Merchant appreciation as paper fibre |
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very high |
under
appreciation |
| International quotation of dry stems (°) |
l/kg |
fm 80 to 110
(=) |
65 (x) |
| Italian quotation of dry stems |
l/kg |
- |
100 (.) -
140 (:) |
| Pith presence |
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no |
1% |
| Textile fibre content |
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25% |
33% |
| Presence of hallucinogen substances |
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yes |
no |
| Hallucinogenic active principles |
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9-tetra-hydro-cannabinol |
none |
| Localisation of hallucinogenic active principles |
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entire plant |
- |
Maximum level of hallucinogenic principles for
the community regulation |
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< 0,3% |
- |
| Availability of selected varieties without hallucinogenic
substances |
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yes |
- |
| Minimum level of hallucinogenic substances in selected varieties |
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0% |
- |
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| (*) |
Under atmospheric dry (12% - 16% moisture). |
| (-) |
1993 community
grant by hectare expressed in ECU (1 ECU = 2,166.58 Lit.) equal to Lit.
1,386,612.00 (Reg. C. no.2044/93 of 27/07/93). |
| (^) |
According to the
Reg. C. no.334/93 of 15/02//93, it can be introduced within the cultivable
crops on "set-aside" grounds and benefit from the bonus if
cultivated under contract with the industry. |
| (+) |
Existing
importation from third countries. |
| (°) |
From British,
French and Spanish paper mills. |
| (=) |
Price paid by the
French paper mills at 16% moisture, EXW loaded on truck. |
| (x) |
US EX-Farm on
field: crop under contract with seed and harvesting at buyer's charge. |
| (.) |
Price open 1993
under ANB contract. |
| (:) |
Minimum price
proposed by "Villasor Project" study, production in Sardinia of
paper for foodstuffs from kenaf stems. |
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