The reconstruction of commerce and industry in the Balkan area should start with farming.
People there are well educated, the soil is fertile and there is a solid continental climate.
Together all this is a very good premiss for a new kind of sustainable industrial farming on at least 10.000 hektars. Agriculture should not only produce food of high quality, but can stimulate new economies by growing modern raw materials for industrial need. Hemp is the right plant for this development. BMW and Gerling Insurance will join in the hemp project within the scope of a UNEP program. On about one third of the area, hemp fibre to produce compounds and building materials will be grown.