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29 mar 2023 · A circular economy approach is necessary to reduce the quantity of waste from the legume production chain, and could also deliver healthy and highly nutritious techno-functional ingredients such as flours, protein/fiber fractions, extracts, and cooking/soaking water.
Legumes and cereals are the two most important flowering plants used in agriculture. Legumes are useful as human and animal food, as wood, and as soil-improving components of agricultural and agroforestry systems.
1 sty 2022 · Grain legumes are amazing source of proteins, essential amino acids, dietary fiber, minerals, and vitamins and therefore have a significant role in addressing global food and nutritional security.
1 mar 2021 · Legumes increase soil fertility and crop production by atmospheric nitrogen fixation. Low profitability, yield fluctuations, and biotic stress limit use of legumes as food. Stronger global priority on legumes should facilitate greater legume consumption.
11 sie 2021 · Legumes have been reinvented in a multitude of products (drinks, cereal bars, bread, meat replacers, snacks, flours, and several others) and included in farming systems of conservation agriculture, organic production, intercropping, and crop rotation, combining ancient traditions of legume production “with a spin,” incorporating new legume techn...
1 gru 2023 · Increasing grain legume areas by 5.5 times results in food and feed self-sufficiency. Huge environmental gain when European grown legumes are used as food not feed. Partial shifts from animal-based to plant-based proteins in human diets could reduce environmental pressure from food systems and serve human health.
The role of legume production and use in European agri-food systems Summary Legumes can play a crucial role in making European agri-food systems more sustainable by improving the environmental performance as well as resource-efficiency and contributing to a higher level of protein self-sufficiency. Based on considerations of
