In 2013, the Greek government allowed commercial cultivation of industrial hemp cultivation. However, the publication of the law in the Official Gazette, for some reason, was made only in 2016.
In
Greece, a suitable climate for the cultivation of
cannabis, so the plant was cultivated since ancient times for a variety of business needs. This undemanding plant in the Greek climate always gave a good harvest without any special expenses for this and mainly used in the
textile,
food and
cosmetic industries. In particular,
fiber hemp was used as sails, ropes, rigging in civil and military navigation. Since ancient centuries
hemp was used in the military, for example, to ban konoplevodstva in the middle of the last century, the Greek army soldiers are supplied with backpacks and hiking bags, made of
hemp cloth.
In 2013, the
Greek government allowed commercial cultivation of
industrial hemp cultivation. However, the publication of the law in the Official Gazette, for some reason, was made only in 2016. Using on crop-resolution koperativ «Canabio», planted on the island of Crete (Platania municipality) 1.5 hectares of
cannabis. This is the first in Crete and
Greece in the third section on growing
industrial hemp. I must say that many locals saw industrial crops
industrial hemp is very interested in the process and plan to try to grow the most highly profitable crop in 2017.