In three northern districts of the Omsk region, they plan to invest in the production of flax

Today, following a meeting held by Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Omsk region Andrey Shpilenko, it was decided to organize a meeting with the heads of districts and entrepreneurs to discuss the possibility of increasing the cultivation of flax and the implementation of an investment project for the deep processing of flax. The focus is on the northern regions of the region – Znamensky, Muromtsevsky, Bolsheukovsky.

It should be noted that flax is one of the promising crops (undeservedly forgotten!), as it is a raw material for the production of natural fiber, which is almost 3 times stronger than wool and 2 times stronger than cotton. In addition to the textile industry, flax fiber plays an important role in the medical industry, where it is used to produce surgical threads, dressings and medical cotton wool, as well as building materials and insulation materials from flax.

The workshop was attended by Evgeny Kovtun, Director General of the Omsk Region Development and Investment Agency, Dmitry Kalachin, Head of the Project Planning and Support Department, and Daniil Beloshitsky, Head of the Crop Production Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Omsk Region.

During the workshop, we analyzed the experience of some regions of the Siberian Federal District in the cultivation, primary and deep processing of flax, and developed 4 investment scenarios for the possible implementation of a deep flax processing project, which will later be discussed with the heads of the northern municipal districts and representatives of the agricultural business.