This book reviews recent research and applications, developments, research trends, methods and issues related to the applications of industrial hemp for fundamental research and technology.

Dr. Grégorio Crini is environmental polymerist at University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon. His research activities focus on the design of novel polymer networks and the environmental aspects of polysaccharide chemistry. He has published more than 200 papers in international journals and edited 12 books. He is a highly cited researcher with a total number of citations exceeding 10,000, h-index: 34. Dr. Eric Lichtfouse is a biogeochemist at Aix Marseille University who has invented carbon-13 dating, a molecular-level method allowing to study the dynamics of organic compounds in temporal pools of complex environmental media. He is Chief Editor of the journal Environmental Chemistry Letters, and the book series Sustainable Agriculture Reviews and Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World. He is the author of the book Scientific Writing for Impact Factor Journals, which includes an innovative writing tool: the Micro-Article.