Beans for the love of Leuven
...we can carefully build the chain. We opt for a mixed cropping system of oat with yellow peas, field beans or lupin. We are looking for the necessary intermediaries to get from the primary raw mater...
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Potential of protein transition by locally produced faba beans
To what extent are field beans a valuable and viable protein provider and soy substitute in dairy cattle rations?
Towards a sustainable and profitable soybean cultivation in Flanders
Is it possible to introduce soybean production in Flanders in an economical and sustainable way?
Crop diversification for forage production on animal farms: focus on forage sorgho and mixed cropping of silage maize-climbing beans
.... ILVO explores two alternatives: forage sorghum and mixed cropping of silage maize with climbing beans. Special attention will be given to soil quality, nitrogen cycle, forage yield and forage com...
Setting up a local, sustainable soybean value chain.
...oSoy, we aim to set up a partnership for an appropriate and low-processing technique for organic soybeans at the SME scale. The goal is to develop a mutually fair and transparent business model to ...
Less soybean meal and lower methane emissions on organic dairy farms
Catching rhizobia to introduce high protein containing soybean for a sustainable agriculture in Flanders
The aim of this Grand Challenge project is to engage at least 1000 citizens and their gardens to help acquire native rhizobia from Flemish soils that are able to efficiently nodulate soybean.
Breeding of forage and grain legumes to increase protein self-sufficiency in the EU and China
General introductionEUCLEG is an EU Horizon2020 project, in which breeding strategies for soybean, pea, faba bean, red clover and alfalfa are developed in collaboration with 37 research institutes...
OPTImizing Protein Nutrition in cattle to tackle the N- and P-excretions to the environment in an economical way
...tumn grass was unsuccessful but emphasized the significance of the autumn grass cut. Toasting field beans enhanced protein and starch rumen non-degradability, making them a promising alternative pr...
Development of novel technological approaches for a low-cost and reliable characterization of CROP Yield QUALity Traits of target crops grown under Changing Environmental Conditions
...crop monitoring and high throughput phenotyping under field conditions. Studied crops are wheat, soybean, quinoa, rice and maize. We identify resilient genotypes and molecular markers linked with b...
Chain-wide initiative for plant-based protein in cold greenhouses in Flanders
...ly possible and economically interesting for these growers to grow edamame, chickpeas or red kidney beans. Research approachThrough a grower network, interested greenhouse growers, both con...
Protein extraction from lucerne and clover for broiler and pig feed
...rop rotation of Flemish arable and vegetable farms. Unlike other leguminous crops such as pea or soybean, there are several cuts per year, and thus the total biomass produced is considerable, up to...
Breeding European Legumes for Increased Sustainability
... services. BELIS involves a total of 34 partners. ILVO is particularly active for red clover and soybean.Research approachWe develop tools and methodologies for cost-effective breeding prog...
Optimal cultivation of protein crops for poultry feeding
Legumes: indispensable element in agro-ecological crop systems for food production
...ct.Research approachThe crops we focus on are three dry-harvested legumes: field pea, field bean and red kidney bean, complemented by three cereal crops: baking wheat, durum wheat and malti...