Agriculture faces growing challenges, including soil degradation and the unsustainable use of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers, whose costs have surged in recent years. A shift towards ecological intensification—enhancing ecosystem services (ES) to reduce dependency on external inputs—is essential for long-term sustainability.
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The Hutton’s Centre for Sustainable Cropping (CSC) is conducting Pilot Study 1, focusing on the role of legumes in regenerative arable systems. This study compares conventional and regenerative cropping practices to assess the benefits of legumes as cash crops (faba bean), cover crops (white clover), and companion crops (vetch, white clover, and berseem clover).
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On January 9, 2025, Terres Inovia hosted a vibrant Multi-Actor Workshop in Paris, gathering 20 participants from across the legume value chain—from farmers to processors, policymakers to researchers. The aim? To explore how legumes contribute to ecosystem services and how these benefits can be better recognised and rewarded. The day kicked off with insights from
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Our participatory farmer call is now open. Become a legumES farmer – together, we will provide evidence for the ecosystem benefits of legume crops. We are seeking Participatory Farmers from Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK to measure legume-related benefits following easy-to-use monitoring methods. While some ecosystem benefits can
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On November 29, 2024, the legumES project took part in the “Protein Power” conference at Strickhof in Lindau, Switzerland, transforming a bustling event into a hands-on space for stakeholder engagement. With over 100 attendees from farming, research, the food industry, and the wider public, the workshop featured a dynamic market stand format where discussions sprouted
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Research shows that incorporating legumes into farming systems as cash crops, intercrops, service crops or feed crops can provide a wide array of benefits. These benefits can include increased soil fertility, greater abundance of beneficial insects and wildlife, and carbon storage, which can translate into increases in farm productivity across the rotation and gross margins
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On October 14, 2024, the German Institute of Food and Technology e.V. organized the first multi-actor workshop under work package 1 in Quakenbrück, Germany, engaging around 30 participants from research, industry, start-ups, and academia. The workshop focused on the strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunities (SWOT) of valorising the ecosystem services and benefits associated with legumes
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