Drought tolerant crops
ILVO studies the cultivation possibilities and the potential for Flanders of drought-resistant crops like quinoa, chickpea, and sorghum..
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Protein diversification in food and nutrition
...and high in lysine).Protein-rich plants include legumes such as soy [dossier soy], edamame, chickpeas, lentils, peas, (field) beans and lupin. There are also certain (pseudo)cereals such as...
Chickpea: Protein grown in Flanders
...ct, an operational group of farmers and processors started working with locally grown and processed chickpeas. When the project began in 2022, chickpea was hardly cultivated in Flanders. KIK-Love s...
Building a local chickpea processing chain
The focus of KIKET is to investigate the willingness of the actors before and after the farm. Is there a willingness to switch to Flemish chickpea?
The quick start of Flemish chickpea production by connecting farmers
Through KickChick we aim to connect current pioneers in chickpea cultivation and followers.
ILVO starts breeding CHICKPEA
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...
A first: hummus and falafel with Belgian chickpeas for sale in at the Delhaize
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...
Quinoa, soy, chickpea, dry beans...and the parched field of 2022: results
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...
Chain-wide initiative for plant-based protein in cold greenhouses in Flanders
General introductionThe KIPEi project shows that while growing protein crops such as edamame, chickpeas and dry beans in temporarily unused cold greenhouses is technically possible, it is economic...
Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens shows up in the growing grain legume sector – a real threat?
...s vulgaris, Vicia faba) and pea (Pisum sativum), soybean (Glycine max), lentil (Lens culinaris) and chickpea (Cicer arietinum). In particular, the cultivation of protein crops harvested for dry...
Future proof crops for the Flemish farmer
...rance. These can be classic existing crops from the Flemish rotations, or innovative crops (such as chickpea and quinoa).Relevance/ValorizationThe new infrastructure is set up as an open-in...
Local organic protein chain through collaboration between Biograno and LVEB
...tium in which each contributes to a total sustainable and local chain of protein crops yellow peas, chickpeas and lentils. Several trials are being developed to find the most suitable crop combinat...
Beans for the love of Leuven
Protein diversification
...able proteins, especially soy from overseas. However, local production of legumes, such as soybean, chickpea, dry pea and bean can offer interesting opportunities for Flemish farmers. This allows t...
ILVO crop information sheets
ChicoryDry beansEdamameCalendula 2020 / 2017Chickpea(Grass)/CloverLentilsAlfalfaMiscanthusOil pumpkinRussian dandelionSoy 2020 / 2017Sorghum(grain) (fodder)Quinoa 2020 / 2017Field beanFlax
Legumes are getting off the ground in Flanders
...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...
From soil and protein crops to controlled data sharing and stray voltage. In Oudenaarde ILVO is once again showing surprising, useful innovations from agricultural research.
...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...
PEUL-CHAIN aims to gain ground for legumes (pulses)
...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...
Unique protein processing line helps companies get started with innovative proteins
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 ...
Climate change brings new crops to Flanders
... 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 ...
Local legumes deserve boost.
...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...
Permanent clover fields, innovative sowing methods, strip cropping: ILVO shares latest insights into agroecological agriculture during Demo Day in Hansbeke.
... 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...
ILVO with new demos and formulas at 2023 edition of Machinery Days
...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 ...
Plant-based proteins from farm to fork? Chain experiments deliver practical, tasty and promising results
...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 ...
BELIS project: Europe accelerates public-private development of improved legume varieties
...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...
Administrator general of ILVO on protein transition in the Flemish Parliament
...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...
Can we grow protein crops in Belgium?
Fafalel, hummus, vegetable burgers, ... These delicacies are made from chickpeas and yellow pea. Unfortunately, these protein crops come mainly from distant countries such as Russia or Argentina. So c...