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AgronomyGuide

Generic guidelines on theagronomy of selected industrial

crops

August 2004

CONTENTS

Introduction

Set-aside

Essential Oils

Environment

Starch

Brassica carinata (Ethiopian Mustard)Cannabis sativa (Hemp)

Calendula officinalis (Pot Marigold)

Camelina sativa (Gold of Pleasure)

Crambe abyssinica (Crambe)

Linum usitatissimum (Linseed)

Linum usitatissimum (Fibre Flax)Urtica dioica (Stinging Nettle)

This document was compiled with invaluable input

from the IENICA partners and Advisory Group, in

particular the Institute of Natural Fibres (INF) in

Pozna

, Poland.

For further information see www.ienica.net and:

INF and The FAO/ESCORENA European

Cooperative Research Network on Flax and Other

Bast Plants (http://iwn.inf.poznan.pl)

INTRODUCTION

Whilst the markets for biorenewable and sustainableproducts from land-based industries declined duringthe 20th Century, environmental and other driversare now causing a reappraisal of their potential and alikely increase in their production.

However, it must be realised that non-food productsfrom plants or indeed animals are not necessarilybetter than those from fossil-based feedstocks.

Equally, the agriculture of the European Unionparticularly in north west Europe is highlydeveloped and relatively high cost in comparisonwith some other parts of the world and in someinstances EU-produced feedstocks may not be ableto compete economically in the marketplace withfeedstocks from other parts of the world.

Nonetheless, other things being equal there are very

significant markets in the EU for a wide range ofsustainable biorenewables. These were confirmed inthe original IENICA project (www.ienica.net).

Clearly the production of some broad-acre crops iswell known and there is little virtue therefore inreporting it again here. There are however severalplant species which have been shown to haveconsiderably underexploited market potential and it

is those that are reported here. Additionally thisshort summary begins with some generic marketsand issues in the non-food sector with a view toputting their potential impact in perspective.

Melvyn F Askew Sip de VriesIENICA Co-ordinator COPA-COGECACSL, York

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