Note 16 - Fair Value Disclosures - Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) - USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Reported Value Measurement [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 8,440	$ 3,757
Other receivables	349,003	424,110
Note receivable - related party	44,859	44,859
Advances to CEN Biotech Ukraine, LLC - related party	1,065,328	1,065,328
Loans payable	10,107,513	10,121,411
Loans payable – related parties	1,360,845	1,362,600
Patent acquisition liability	720,000	720,000
Convertible notes payable	6,434,445	6,224,325
Convertible notes payable – related parties	2,558,681	2,558,681
Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents	8,440	3,757
Other receivables	349,003	424,110
Note receivable - related party	44,859	44,859
Advances to CEN Biotech Ukraine, LLC - related party	1,065,328	1,065,328
Loans payable	10,107,513	10,121,411
Loans payable – related parties
Patent acquisition liability	720,000	720,000
Convertible notes payable	7,283,393	6,918,486
Convertible notes payable – related parties
Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents
Other receivables
Note receivable - related party
Advances to CEN Biotech Ukraine, LLC - related party
Loans payable
Loans payable – related parties
Patent acquisition liability
Convertible notes payable
Convertible notes payable – related parties
Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents	8,440	3,757
Other receivables
Note receivable - related party
Advances to CEN Biotech Ukraine, LLC - related party
Loans payable
Loans payable – related parties
Patent acquisition liability
Convertible notes payable
Convertible notes payable – related parties
Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents
Other receivables	349,003	424,110
Note receivable - related party	44,859	44,859
Advances to CEN Biotech Ukraine, LLC - related party	1,065,328	1,065,328
Loans payable	10,107,513	10,121,411
Loans payable – related parties
Patent acquisition liability	720,000	720,000
Convertible notes payable	7,283,393	6,918,486
Convertible notes payable – related parties

Fair value portion of advances to subsidiary.

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The fair value amount of patent acquisition liability.

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Fair value portion of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

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Fair value portion of loan receivable, including, but not limited to, mortgage loans held for investment, finance receivables held for investment, policy loans on insurance contracts.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/subtopic&trid=2196772

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