...scope of the broad ILVO research on protein transition. ILVO is breeding crops such as soy, chickpea and quinoa so that we can grow them profitably in Flanders in the future. ILVO exa...
...ch and cockscomb (esparcette), and 7 seed crops: peas, field beans, soybeans, white lupin, lentils, chickpeas and dry beans. Together, these crops represent the diversity of legume species grown in...
...ein crops show the way to the most feasible and further developable local vegetable protein chains. Chickpea, yellow pea and soy produced in Flanders have made it to the supermarket via creatively ...
Hummus and falafel made from Belgian-grown chickpeas: as of today, for the first time all Belgian and available at Delhaize. The products were realized through KIKET, a project of Artevelde University...
...national research for its methane-suppressing and health-promoting properties for ruminants.Chickpea, quinoa, soybean, lentils, etc. are the protein crops for human consumption that can be ...
... milk quality is part of the VLAIO LA project Klimgras. Compost, no-till, herb-rich grassland, chickpea Other implementations of agroecological principles shown during the demo day include...
...nt difference in nutritional value between the dry-harvested seeds of legumes (e.g., lentils, chickpeas, red beans) and the green-harvested legumes themselves (e.g., princess beans, peas). The form...
... recent, often dry, years. There are also new crops making their appearance in Flanders: quinoa and chickpea, for example. Can Flemish farmers simply switch to such a new crop from one year to the ...
Chickpeas, soy, insects, algae and even bacteria and fungi are some of the many sources of protein that will play a greater role within a diverse diet in the future. To successfully incorporate these ...
Quinoa, soy, chickpea and dry beans, all intended for the human food chain, are hardly grown in our region at present, if at all, but they represent promising new agricultural crops in ILVO's cultivat...
...vation to processing to consumption Despite all the benefits of legumes (pulses like red beans, chickpeas, lentils ...), their consumption is very low in Belgium, according to the 2014 Food Con...
Why chickpea? Because people are interested in it, and because ILVO favors technical feasibility.The demand for vegetable protein sources is on the rise. That is why ILVO has been systematical...
...inable protein crops. ILVO showed varieties of field bean, soybean, mixed crop cereals/field beans, chickpea, dry pea. Through the operational group KIK-LOVE, ILVO explores the possibilities for ch...
...nd plant-based foods) on their plate. This market that is clearly growing. Today, the majority of chickpeas, lentils, kidney beans, etc. are imported from outside Europe. But supply is uncertain an...