Legume-supported cropping systems for Europe

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News

8.4.2016 - Book

17.3.2015 - ZALF

30.05.2013 - Brussels

3.04.2013 Berlin

29.01.2013 - Parliament

19.09.2012 - CAP reform

14.06.2012 - Strategies

28.03.2012 - Athens

30.06.2011 - Brussels

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Research plan

Research objectives

Research outputs

WP 1: Case studies

WP 2: Data management

WP 3: Environment

WP 4: Socio-economics

WP 5: Impact

WP 6: Biophysical models

Partners

SRUC

University of Helsinki

James Hutton Institute

Trinity College Dublin

ZALF

Donal Murphy-Bokern

Aarhus University

AU Athens

IUNG-PIB

CIRAD

MTT

SLU

UCO

vTI

UDM

NARDI

WUR

Teagasc

IFVNS

UNS

Consultation responses

Results

Research protocols

Agronomic case studies

Novel uses

Agronomic analysis

BNF in Europe

Agricultural effects

Environmental effects

Environmental policy

System generation

Farm level effects

GHG costs

Policy scenarios

SCBA

Research outlook

Policy briefings

Publications

Presentations

30.11.2011 - CAP

29.05.2012 - Rotations

20.10.2014 - Overview

1.12.2014 - Crotalaria

7.5.2015 - EU research

7.5.2015 - Protein Policy

Posters

Soil remediation

Grazing emissions

Legume-barley intercrops

Newsletters

Other information

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Legume Futures is an international research project financed by the EU Framework Programme 7. The full title of the project is ‘Legume-supported cropping systems for Europe’. The aim is to develop the use of legumes in cropping systems to improve the economic and environmental performance of European agriculture. The project has identified agronomically effective cropping sequences for European agricultural regions and has conducted economic assessments of these. It also assessed the environmental impact of relevant farming system changes. This is focused on greenhouse gas emissions, nitrogen budgets, biodiversity and soil function. Legumes play a very special role in crop rotations, livestock feeding, and in our diets. They include important protein-rich crops such as peas, faba beans and soy, and forage crops such as clover and alfalfa. Legume plants host nitrogen fixing bacteria. Legume crops improve soil fertility. Legumes are therefore very relevant to the challenges and opportunities now facing agriculture, particularly reducing greenhouse gas emissions, enhancing farmland biodiversity, and protecting soil and water resources. The research in Legume Futures formally ended on 28 February 2014 and results are presented here as they emerge.

Legumes in Cropping Systems ("The Legume Futures Book") is available here.

The Legume Futures summary project report is available here.

A special Forward Look discussion paper and the final project newsletter providing an assessment of the impact of Legume Futures are provided here:

Forward Look
Newsletter No. 5 - An assessment of the impact of Legume Futures
The Legume Futures Book: Legumes in Cropping Systems


Legume-supported cropping systems for Europe (Legume Futures) is a collaborative research project funded from the European Union’s Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant number 245216

Legume Futures was coordinated by Scotland's Rural College (SRUC)