- Goals of the association
- National association of honest growers, processors, advisers and merchants of food poppy seeds.
- fights for the preservation of the traditional Czech commodity
- takes care of the good reputation of the typical Czech (blue) poppy at home and in the world, promotes the economic, commercial, legal and professional interests of its members
- strives for the renaissance of the Czech blue poppy in Czech (Slavic) cuisine
- provides expert service to growers in the fields of poppy cultivation and post-harvest treatment
- focuses on improving cultivation technology
- emphasizes strict compliance with laws and regulations related to legal poppy cultivation
- cooperates with universities, breeders, manufacturers and suppliers of agrochemicals
- represents poppy growers towards state and European authorities
- secured the registration of the Protected Geographical Indication for the Czech Blue Poppy
- protects the Czech market against imports of technical poppies with an above-limit content of morphine alkaloids, draws attention to health risks
- resumed the sale of poppies from the yard – Poppy map
- is an active member of the Agrarian Chamber of the Czech Republic
- is based at ČZU in Prague
Contacts:
Český modrý mák z.s.
Hájecká 215
273 51 Červený Újezd
tel.: +420 607626022, 737185733
e-mail: info@ceskymodrymak.cz
DIČ: CZ26531372
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