...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 examines process...
ILVO not only breeds grasses, clovers, quinoa, also several green cover crops. One of these is fodder radish. From summer 2025 no less than 5 new varieties will be available on the market. And they ar...
...esearch 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 grown loca...
...med best in 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 y...
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...
...says Florence Baert. "For example, our tests with broccoli soup showed that potato starch and quinoa flour as alternatives to the clinical gum-based thickener led to higher flavor and aroma intensi...
...nt are strongly committed to the development of local protein-rich crops in Flanders. The soy and quinoa programs are best known, but they are also working hard on peas, field beans, kidney beans, ...
...on taste and nutritional value?Soy2Grow: how can soy be grown profitably in Flanders?Quilo: how can quinoa be grown profitably in Flanders?Lieve Herman, ILVO: "As a research center we can now e...
...from the contacts, for example by accessing the genetic databases for indigenous food crops such as quinoa , corn and potatoes."