Protein diversification in food and nutrition
Study of the feasibility of growing and breeding protein crops such as soy, quinoa, lupin, peas, beans and lentils in Flanders
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Optimal cultivation of protein crops for poultry feeding
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Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens shows up in the growing grain legume sector – a real threat?
...max), lentil (Lens culinaris) and chickpea (Cicer arietinum). In particular, the cultivation of protein crops harvested for dry grain – a.k.a. pulses – and of soybean is currently on the rise i...
Breeding of forage and grain legumes to increase protein self-sufficiency in the EU and China
...This project fits perfectly into the Flemish and European strategy to promote the production of protein crops. The network of EUCLEG trial field locations covers a variety of pedoclimatic zones...
Chain-wide initiative for plant-based protein in cold greenhouses in Flanders
Is it economically and technically feasible to grow protein crops in temporarily empty cold greenhouses during the summer months?
Legumes: indispensable element in agro-ecological crop systems for food production
...oductionWhat benefits and additional stability can be gained from strip cropping, especially in protein crops? This research question in the LEG-O project brings knowledge for the slowly increa...
Setting up a local, sustainable soybean value chain.
...oy, but this project may eventually also serve as a model for the processing of other locally grown protein crops such as field beans, lupins or peas.FinancingVlaamse Overheid - L&V
Can we grow protein crops in Belgium?
...egetable 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 can't we grow su...
Breeding European Legumes for Increased Sustainability
...ationThis project fills gaps in the Flemish and European strategy to promote the cultivation of protein crops. By putting advanced methods for phenotyping and genotyping into practice in existi...
Optimisation of soybean-rhizobia combinations for cultivation in northwest Europe
The quick start of Flemish chickpea production by connecting farmers
Contribution of locally produced grain legumes to the agrobiodiversity
Levers and bottlenecks for growing, processing and consuming pulses (legumes) in Flanders
Local organic protein chain through collaboration between Biograno and LVEB
...oducts produced with local raw materials, demand-driven production of quality and food-safe organic protein crops. Development of a sustainable partnership where fair trade rules are strictly follo...
Catching rhizobia to introduce high protein containing soybean for a sustainable agriculture in Flanders
Towards a sustainable and profitable soybean cultivation in Flanders
Building a local chickpea processing chain
Quinoa Local
Evaluation of on farm toasting techniques to enable the use of local protein sources in animal feeds
General introductionDairy farmers who grow their own protein crops know that toasting (soy)beans results in remarkably higher feed efficiency. This project investigates how this toasting process c...
Plant-based proteins from farm to fork? Chain experiments deliver practical, tasty and promising results
Two years of intensive research and participatory experiments with five leguminous and protein crops show the way to the most feasible and further developable local vegetable protein chains. Chickpea,...
Beans for the love of Leuven
Potential of protein transition by locally produced faba beans
Chickpea: Protein grown in Flanders
...nsition, food companies are looking for sources of plant protein. Several crops offer themselves as protein crops. KIK-Love has succeeded in sowing the seeds for new local partnerships that result ...
Saline Agriculture for Adaptation
Crop diversification for forage production on animal farms: focus on forage sorgho and mixed cropping of silage maize-climbing beans
Soy free chicken and pig production
Grass advice
...t cultivation sheets and a handy brochure are now available. Grass and grass-clover are the largest protein crops in Europe. Many cattle farms do not yet fully exploit the potential of grass-clover...