@ARTICLE{10.21494/ISTE.OP.2024.1060, 

TITLE={Adding value to hemp in France: From historical production trends to new cannabinoid outlets}, 
  
AUTHOR={Aliénor de Rouffignac
, Jérémie Bastien
, Romain Debref, }, 
	
JOURNAL={Technology and Innovation}, 
	
VOLUME={9}, 

NUMBER={Issue 1}, 
	
YEAR={2024}, 

URL={https://www.openscience.fr/The-valorisation-of-hemp-in-France-from-historical-production-trajectories-to}, 
	
DOI={10.21494/ISTE.OP.2024.1060}, 
	
ISSN={2399-8571}, 
	
ABSTRACT={This article examines the mutation of the historical French hemp production industry caused by the authorization of economic valorization of the hemp flower for its THC and CBD molecules. We demonstrate that sociotechnical controversies and existing uncertainty limit the perspectives of the circular bioeconomy concept proposed by the European Union, which aims to valorize the entire plant. We combine innovation, industry, and dominant design theories to understand how the historical dominant design responds to these pressures. After a brief historical review, we first present the historical dominant design of the hemp industry in France and its cascade production organization inspired by the wood industry. Then, we show its differences with the one dedicated to the valorization of these molecules of interest derived from the flower. Two results arise from this study. On the one hand, our findings demonstrate the existence of a new production organization based on "inverted cascade production" working on new productive and innovative models. On the other hand, the implementation of a strategy encouraging the circular bioeconomy and the pursuit of zero waste generates a cohabitation of the historical dominant design with another emerging design.}}