Bioeconomics of Lavandula angustifolia.

Abstract

Essential oil is considered as one of the most valuable and expensive products derived from lavender. There are 178 lavender fields in Ukraine with a total area of 125 hectares. Instead, Europe currently accounts the largest market segment of lavender essential oil ($264.27 million in 2024) (1). Considering the fact, that flowers are used to produce oil, the remaining plant part can be used in subsequent processing to obtain extracts. The bioeconomic approach for the integrated processing of lavender herb will eliminate the unnecessary utilisation of valuable natural resources by the full processing of raw materials, thereby, protecting nature. The aim of the study is to define bioeconomic approaches of the use of Lavandula angustifolia in the context of its integrated use and resource conservation