ECO-INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR SEQUENTIAL
HARVESTING OF HEMP, SEED CONDITIONING AND
OIL OBTAINING
National Rural Development Programme for the 2014 –2020 period
Measure 16:Cooperation
Sub-Measure 16.1: “Support for the establishment and running of operational groups (GO), development of pilot projects, new products”
Project: ECO-INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR SEQUENTIAL HARVESTING OF HEMP, SEED CONDITIONING AND OIL OBTAINING
Financing contract No.: C16100000011884200004/20.04.2021
Project financed with non-refundable European funds through the National Rural Development Programme (PNDR)
The National Rural Development Programme is implemented by the Agency for Financing Rural Investments (AFIR),
subordinate to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR)
PNDR is financed by the European Union and the Government of Romania through the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development
https://ec.europa.eu/info/index_ro
Project title: ECO-INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR SEQUENTIAL HARVESTING OF HEMP, SEED CONDITIONING AND OIL OBTAININ
Project duration: From: 20.04.2021 Until: 20.10.2023
Project coordinator: National Institute of Research –Development for Machines and Installations Designed for Agriculture and Food
Industry –INMA
Contact details: Phone 0212693269
E-mail icsit@inma.ro
Legal representative: Nicolae-Valentin VLĂDUȚ
Contact details: Phone 0740217105
E-mail valentin_vladut@yahoo.com
Members of the
operational group
1 Name: ÖKO OBJECTIVE SRL
Address: 148 Șos. PANTELIMON, 100 block, 14 floor, 108 app., Sector 2, Bucharest
Beneficiary type Commercial Society
2 Name: GRADINA SEMPERVIRENS SRL
Address: 16 Scolii Street, Costi Village, Vânători District, Galați County
Beneficiary type Farmer
Project type: Pilot project in the agri-food sector
X Development of new products, practices, processes and technologies in the agri-food sector
Total project budget: 370,000 EURO
PNDR contribution
requested: 370,000 EURO
Own contribution: 0 EURO
INFORMATION REGARDING THE PROJECT
The project leader INMA Bucharest as a National Research and Development Institute in Romania, through the information it holds, using the
experience accumulated through its own achievements and through the infrastructure it has (database, compartment for the execution of
experimental models and prototypes, certified laboratories for carrying out tests and equipped with measuring and control devices, ultra-
modern test stands), has developed skills that contribute substantially to the realization of the proposed project at qualitative parameters
comparable to those presented by other prestigious foreign institutions in the field. The capitalization of the project leader's knowledge/skills
will be done through the participation in the design, realization, testing and demonstration of the functionality and usefulness of the ECO-
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR SEQUENTIAL HARVESTING OF HEMP, SEED CONDITIONING AND OIL OBTAINING, as well as the large-scale
dissemination of project results in order to multiply their effects.
Partner 1 ÖKO OBJECTIVE SRL has knowledges/skills that were obtained as a result of the research activities, development and
implementation of a project carried out on the Start-up Nation 2017 Programme, financial agreement no.5988/2017. The capitalization of the
project partner's knowledge/skills has been done through its participation in organizing the preparatory activities, carrying out the activities
for the functioning of the operational group, participating in testing and demonstration of the functionality and usefulness of the eco-
innovative technology for sequential harvesting of hemp, seed conditioning and oil obtaining, proposed in this project. The partner P1 will be
also involved in the wide dissemination of the research results among the farmers in the field, in order to multiply their effects.
Partner 2 GRADINA SEMPERVIRENS SRL. The role of the P2 partner in the project is to ensure the necessary conditions for the implementation
of the technology, respectively - the establishment of ecological hemp culture, the provision of storage spaces for the inflorescences and the
harvested hemp seed), establishing the demonstration experimental lot of hemp culture, participation in the ecological certification activity of
the hemp culture established within the project. It will implement the proposed innovative technology and use the technical equipment
created within the project, contributing to the superior valorisation of hemp seeds.
The P2 partner, GRADINA SEMPERVIRENS, will provide the energy base and infrastructure for testing and demonstration of project results in
order to multiply their effects.
Project Management
Project leader: NRDI INMA Bucharest
Legal Representative: Ph.D. Eng. Nicolae-Valentin VLĂDUȚ
Project Coordinator
Ph.D. Eng. Lucretia POPA
Financial Responsible
Ph.D. Eng. Mariana GHEORGHE
Legal Adviser
Jr. Cristina CÂRCEL
Partner Responsibles:
- Responsible from the partner 1: Ec. Marius-Daniel GONGU
- Responsible from the partner 2 : Iulian-Marius TUNSU
Operational Group Secretary
Iancu Adriana
Attributions of the Project Management Office staff
- Updating the project plan;
- Support for the project coordination activity in the field of project management (decision-making, identification of
project implementation risks, proposals for the management of identified risks);
- Administrative support within the project (preparation and organization of meetings, preparation of meeting minutes,
preparation of reports, correspondence (e-mail, fax), fulfilment of documentation duties.
Objective of the project
The project aims to achieve an eco-innovative production technology for sequential harvesting of hemp
(more precisely harvesting the inflorescences and respectively the stems), seeds conditioning and
obtaining the oil through a cold pressing process.
The technology involves the harvesting of the hemp in two separate sequences, the inflorescences and
the stems, at a single pass of the harvesting equipment. The inflorescences will be subjected to the
conditioning operation, whereby separation and cleaning of the seeds are carried out, which is carried
out by means of specialized separation equipment, the seeds being used for oil extraction with
specialized equipment. Re-introduction of the hemp into the economic circuit represents relevant
business opportunities for farmers.
Description of project results:
By realizing and implementing the proposed technology, the competitiveness of primary producers is
improved by diversifying the products offered to the market, a fact that provides their firm integration
in the agri-food chain in accordance with the quality schemes appropriate to the sector, with multiple
possibilities for development and cooperation at the level of organizations of producers and inter-
professionals, hemp culture, through its by-products, oil, fibre, stem powder, cakes resulting from
pressing of the seeds, having multiple fields of use. The multitude of by-products from hemp and the
multiple possibilities of their use in various fields, agri-food, forestry, pharmaceutical, contribute to the
increase of its added value.
The total eligible value of the Project that is subject to non-refundable financing is a maximum of 356,216 Euro,
thus:
Eligible
expenses
316
,216.00 Euro
VAT
value (ineligible) 13,784.00 Euro
- Project Leader INMA in Bucharest, 6, Ion Ionescu de la Brad Blvd, Sector 1:
Eligible
expenses
50
,000.00 Euro
VAT
value (ineligible)
0
Euro
- Partner 1 - ÖKO OBJECTIVE SRL in Bucharest, 148 Șos. PANTELIMON, 100 block, 14 floor, 108 app., Sector 2:
Eligible
expenses
0
Euro
VAT
value (ineligible)
0
Euro
Partner P2 - GRADINA SEMPERVIRENS SRL in Galați County, 16 Scolii Street, Costi Village, Vânători District:
GANTT chart
Activities name
Indicators / monitoring
document
Duration
Start-End
Month
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Activity 1. Establishment and functioning of the
Operational Group
Operational Group /
Progress Reports
M1-M27
Activity 2.1.
The design of innovative technical equipment
proposed for the application of hemp harvesting
technology
Execution
documentation /
Progress reports
M1-M10
Activity 2.2.
The realization of the innovative technical
equipment proposed for the application of the
hemp harvesting technology
Eco-innovative
technology, Technical
equipment / Progress
reports
M 6-M15
Activity 2.3.
Experimenting the technology and technical
equipment
Experimentation Report
/ Progress Reports
M13-M20
Activity 2.4.
Demonstration of technology and equipment
functionality
Demonstration Report /
Progress Reports
M 13-M 25
Activity 3.
Large scale dissemination of the results of the
cooperation project
Information materials /
Progress reports
M 1- M 28
Activity 4. Establishment of the experimental
batch of hemp culture
Hemp culture
M 1-M 28
Activity 5. Ensuring the energy base and
infrastructure for carrying out test and
demonstration activities
M 1- M 28
Final result: OIL FROM HEMP SEEDS
RESULTS DISSEMINATION
A. ARTICLES
1. CONSIDERATIONS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CONDITIONING OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP SEEDS, ISB-INMA’TEH 2021 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING, October 2021, pag. 180-185.ISSN-L2344–4118;https://isbinmateh.inma.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Volume_Symposium_2021.pdf
2. CRITERIA ANALYSIS OF EQUIPMENT FOR CONDITIONING HEMP FOR SEEDS ANDESTABLISHMENT OF THE OPTIMAL SOLUTION FOR A NEW TYPE OF INSTALLATION, ISB-INMA TEH 2022
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, 6-7 October 2022, pag.516-523.ISSN-L2344–4118.https://isbinmateh.inma.ro/wp-
content/uploads/2023/12/Vol-ISB-INMA-TEH-2022-final-2023.pdf
3. TECHNOLOGIES AND TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT FOR FARMERS IN THE FIELD OF HEMP CULTIVATION, ISB-INMA TEH 2022 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, AGRICULTURAL AND
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, 6-7 October 2022, pag.554-559.ISSN-L2344–4118.https://isbinmateh.inma.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Vol-ISB-INMA-TEH-2022-final-2023.pdf
4. CURRENT HEMP CULTIVATION TECHNOLOGIES, ISB-INMA TEH 2022 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, 6-7 octombrie 2022, pag.560-565
ISSN-L2344–4118.https://isbinmateh.inma.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Vol-ISB-INMA-TEH-2022-final-2023.pdf
5. RESEARCH ON THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE TECHNOLOGY OF HARVESTING AND PROCESSING HEMP, IN ORDER TO OBTAIN OIL FROM SEEDS,
ISB-INMA TEH 2024 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, 31 October- 1 November 2024, pag.468-459 https://isbinmateh.inma.ro/archive/
B. Communications at scientific events or workshops
Presentations within working groups, workshops, regional debates:
•Thematic Working Group (GLT) Agriculture and the acquisition of professional skills, 10-12 May 2023, Azuga, Prahova.
•Workshop - “From research and development to innovation: Knowledge transfer through Operational Groups”, 04-05 July 2023,Constanţa, Romania
•The Regional Debate in the South-West Region (Craiova) took place at the Faculty of Agronomy on 17-18 July 2023.
•The International Fair of Agriculture, Food Industry and Packaging –AGROMALIM 7-10 September 2023, organized by the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and
Agriculture of Arad County, at the EXPO Arad International Complex.
•POLI BIOFEST Fair, which took place at the Politehnica University of Bucharest, between May 11-13,2023
•Presentation at the "ZIUA PORTILOR DESCHISE" event on May 18,2023, organized by the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalization
•Presentation at the public event held at the Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, "Ion Ionescu de la Brad", Bucharest, 17.07.2023
RESULTS DISSEMINATION
C. Participation in fairs and exhibision of inventions
During the project, 2 patent applications were filed, which were subsequently presented at various
specialized fairs.
The 2 applications were:
1) Cutting apparatus for large hemp stems A-00270 / 17.05.2022
2) Hemp seed conditioning equipment A-00236 / 06.05.2022 and EPO no. 22020413.5/29.08.2022
• International Exhibition INVENTCOR 3rd edition, 15-17.12.2022, Deva, Romania, 2 gold medals;
• EUROINVENT- XVth Edition, May 13, 2023, Iași, Romania. Medal of Excellence in Innovation;
• INVENTICA 2023 XXVIIth Edition of the International Invention Exhibition, June 21-23, 2023,
“Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iași, Romania. Diploma of Excellence and Silver Medal
DETAILED INFORMATION
The detailed information of the project activities and results can be obtained by the webpage:
https://www.inma.ro/hemptech/details.pdf