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ECPGR Fibre Crops (Flax and Hemp) Working Group
Chair: Martin Pavelek
Vice Chair: Gianpaolo Grassi
Recent events
2010
The ECPGR Working Group on Fibre Crops (Flax and Hemp) held its second meeting on 7–9 July 2010, Šumperk, Czech Republic
- Report of the meeting
- Related papers and presentations
- Article in Regional Newsletter for Europe Issue No.41 October 2010 
[PDF] (267 KB)
Working Group operative documents
- Workplan for Phase VIII [PDF] (28 KB)
- Progress report Phase VII (2006-2008) [PDF] (38 KB)
Other Working Group documents and publications
- International Flax Data Base (IFDB) Descriptors [PDF] (33 KB)
- Standard varieties for evaluation of flax genetic resources [PDF] (49 KB)
Background information
(Photo: © M. Pavelek)
During its first meeting in Bury St. Edmunds, United Kingdom, in September 1999, the ECPGR Industrial Crops and Potato (renamed as Sugar, Starch and Fibre Crops as of October 2003) Network Coordinating Group (NCG) suggested the organization of an ad hoc meeting on flax, with the main objective of facilitating the development of the International Flax Database, as well as to exchange information about the status of flax genetic resources in Europe.
As a result of this proposal, an ad hoc group of representatives of European flax collections met in Prague, Czech Republic, in 2001.
A proposal for the establishment of a formal ECPGR Working Group on Fibre Crops, including Flax and Hemp was submitted to and approved by the ECPGR Steering Committee in October 2003.
