Project news

Pulse growers invited to participate in Europe-wide legume initiative  A series of eight webinars exploring the global opportunities, barriers and success stories surrounding legume production will kick off in April and [insert nationality] growers are invited to attend for free. The LegValue and TRUE project is delivering the high-level programme of events hosted by experts ...

In January 2021 a conference was hosted by Legvalue project partners - over 500 attended. Latvian Rural Consultation and Education Center ( Latvijas Lauku konsultāciju un izglītības centrs ) The conference title: "Grain legumes - from field to table". ( Pākšaugi – no lauka līdz galdam ) It was hosted in Latvia and translated into the Latvian Language:[un tulkots latviešu val ...

Final episode in the DIVERSify web series goes live 25/01/2021 As part of the EU Horizon 2020 research project DIVERSify, researchers have been working on investigating the viability of species mixture cropping as an alternative to crop monoculture. During the project, we have created a video web series which explores the practical and theoretical considerations of mixed cro ...

Establishing the Legume Innovation Network An invitation to ALL stakeholders. The world of legume research, innovation and trade is small compared to many other crop types. Dwarfed by interests in cereals and oilseeds the significantly smaller crop area reflects relatively low current commercial values and investments surrounding legume crops. In 2017 two large EU funded pr ...

INCREASE - Intelligent Collections of Food Legumes Genetic Resources for European Agrofood Systems Dear, We are pleased to inform you that the research project INCREASE has officially started on May 1st, 2020.  Funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, it will run over 5 years.  INCREASE aims to enhance the management and use of crop genetic ...

INCREASE – Intelligent Collections of Food Legumes Genetic Resources for European Agrofood Systems Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy,and 28 international partners from 14 different countries are collaborating in the new EU research project INCREASE. Launched on June 2020, the project will be looking into the status of plant genetic resources of four important ...

NEW CROP DIVERSIFICATION CLUSTER WILL PROMOTE DIVERSIFICATION OF EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE A ‘crop diversification cluster’ has been set up whereby partner organisations from countries across the climatic zones of Europe, along with expertise from international partners, are joining forces to diversify European agriculture. Roger Vickers, Chief Executive of PGRO, explains the back ...

The project went live in June 2017. After the 12 months the 1st Annual News Letter has been prepared, providing an update on the project back ground and progress of the partners over the first year.  http://www.legvalue.eu/publications/legvalue-1st-annual-newsletter/   ...

Several research groups together with companies and farmers seek to increase the sustainability of European agriculture by sharing strategies and tools The weight of the agricultural sector in Europe and the need to face the problems that stop the sector from being sustainable economically nor environmentally are part of the breeding ground that motivates the financing of proj ...

Roger Vickers, Chief Executive of PGRO (Processors and Growers Research Organisation) announced today that the web site for ‘LEGVALUE’ is now live (www.legvalue.eu).  There is also a LEGVALUE twitter account at @LEGumeVALUE.