Hemp CyberFarm Answer 3 former Yugoslavia

Answer 3 Yugoslavian Hemp-seed

3. Yugoslavian strains to use and their prices:

Seven dioecious Hemp cultivars were registered in the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Among them were five of origin: ‘Kompolti’, ‘Kompolti Sárgászarú’, ‘Kompolti Hybrid TC’ and ‘Uniko B’ (Hungarian), and ‘Fibranova’ (Italian) which are treated elsewhere on this site. Two registered domestic cultivars were ‘Flajsmanova’ and ‘Novosadska konoplja’.

Presently Hemp production is organized mostly in the present Yugoslavia (Serbia). Also in Croatia there may be some cultivation, the other republics have no significant Hemp production. The crop is mainly grown for textile production. In the last decade, for this purpose, the imported hybrids ‘Kompolti Hybrid TC’ and ‘Unico B’ were used. Until 5 to 10 years ago the improved cultivar ‘Fibranova’ especially was used for small scale birdseed production.

In the present Yugoslavia there is a tendency to replace gradually the imported cultivars by domestic ones. ‘Novosadska konoplja’ is the only available registered domestic cultivar. Large scale seed production has been resumed in 1995. The yield of certified seed is intended to cover 40% of the textile Hemp area (1,000 ha or 2,470 acres) which is planned for 1996. Breeding activities at the Institute of Field Crops and Vegetables (Novi Sad) are aimed at new domestic cultivars for the future.

‘Novosadska konoplja’ is an improved selection from ‘Flajsmanova’ which is the same as ‘Fleischmann Hemp’ (from Italian origin, see under Hungarian cultivars). It was bred in the 1950s, but included in the former Federal cultivar register only since 1989. ‘Novosadska konoplja’ is maintained and commercialized by Dr. Berenji, Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops (see Hemp-seed Suppliers for address). Seed prices charged to the (almost) single customer, the domestic Hemp industry who distributes to contracted farmers are DM3.50-3.70/kg or US$2.50/kg = US$1.25/pound. Small amounts of seed are sold to individual farmers at DM4.00-5.00/kg or US$2.80-3.50/kg = US$1.40-1.75/pound for birdseed production (only 1-2% of the total Hemp area).

In Slovenia the seven cultivars from the Federal register are proposed for registration in 1996. Some selections from indigenous landraces are presently under study at the Biotechnical Faculty of the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia). They were selected for seed as well as fiber production and received tentative names as ‘Rudnik’ and ‘Pesnica’. Some of these materials may be released as cultivars in the future^3.1.

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*Industrial-Hemp has no psychoactive properties following definition of the European Economic Community (EEC); THC content is less than 0.3%. In general, low THC-seed varieties without psychoactive properties are those that have a THC content of less than 1%. (See also No-THC Hemp-seed.) THC= Delta-9 TetraHydroCannabinol.