Table of Contents:
  • Hemp: A Plant with a Worldwide Distribution
  • The History of Hemp
  • Physiology and Botany of Industrial Hemp
  • Genetics and Selection of Hemp
  • Factors Affecting the Yield of Industrial Hemp: Experimental Results from France
  • Hemp Agronomics and Cultivation
  • Legislative Controls on the Cultivation of Hemp
  • The Agricultural Economics of Hemp
  • The Industrial Hemp Economy
  • Integrated Quality Management for Bast Fibres in Technical Applications
  • Use of Natural Fibres in Composites for German Automotive Production from 1999 to 2005
  • Increasing Demand for European Hemp Fibres
  • Hemp in Papermaking
  • Hemp and Plastics
  • Medicinal Uses of Hemp
  • Hemp Seeds for Nutrition
  • Hemp and the Construction Industry
  • The Uses of Hemp for Domestic Animals
  • Chemical and Morphological Differences in Hemp Varieties
  • Hemp Production Outside the EU: North America and Eastern Europe
  • The Role of Hemp in Sustainable Development.