Abstract
This report is the final report of WP26 on the annual fibre crops systems as studied in the EU ENFA project (SSPE-CT-2005-006581). The ENFA project aims to develop a dynamic agricultural and forest sector model for the integrated economic and environmental assessment of non-food alternatives in European agriculture and forestry. This report includes a description of fibre crop production chains of long and short fibres, as well as a market description of fibre crop products, with emphasis on flax, hemp and kenaf. Also environmental aspects of these chains and the regulations concerning fibre crops are addressed.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Wageningen |
| Publisher | Agrotechnology & Food Sciences Group |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
Keywords
- fibre plants
- agro-industrial chains
- natural fibres
- flax
- hemp
- kenaf
- european union
- biobased materials
- biobased economy
- environmental impact
