LEGUME-FUTURES
Legume-supported cropping systems for Europe
| Coordinatore | SRUC
Organization address
address: West Mains Road contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | United Kingdom [UK] |
| Sito del progetto | http://www.legumefutures.eu/ |
| Totale costo | 4˙095˙015 € |
| EC contributo | 2˙999˙981 € |
| Programma | FP7-KBBE
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology |
| Code Call | FP7-KBBE-2009-3 |
| Funding Scheme | CP-FP |
| Anno di inizio | 2010 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2010-03-01 - 2014-02-28 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
SRUC
Organization address
address: West Mains Road contact info |
UK (EDINBURGH) | coordinator | 505˙685.00 |
| 2 |
THE SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Organization address
address: "ERROL ROAD, INVERGOWRIE" contact info |
UK (DUNDEE) | participant | 284˙000.00 |
| 3 |
LEIBNIZ-ZENTRUM FUER AGRARLANDSCHAFTSFORSCHUNG (ZALF) e.V.
Organization address
address: Eberswalder Str. 84 contact info |
DE (MUENCHEBERG) | participant | 214˙250.00 |
| 4 |
HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO
Organization address
address: YLIOPISTONKATU 4 contact info |
FI (HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO) | participant | 212˙750.00 |
| 5 |
AARHUS UNIVERSITET
Organization address
address: Nordre Ringgade 1 contact info |
DK (AARHUS C) | participant | 202˙000.00 |
| 6 |
THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS & THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY & UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN
Organization address
address: College Green - contact info |
IE (DUBLIN) | participant | 160˙521.75 |
| 7 |
TEAGASC - AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Organization address
address: Oak Park contact info |
IE (CARLOW) | participant | 158˙728.25 |
| 8 |
"INSTYTUT UPRAWY NAWOZENIA I GLEBOZNAWSTWA, PANSTWOWY INSTYTUT BADAWCZY"
Organization address
address: CZARTORYSKICH 8 contact info |
PL (PULAWY) | participant | 136˙750.00 |
| 9 |
CENTRE DE COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL EN RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT
Organization address
address: Rue Scheffer 42 contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 123˙000.00 |
| 10 |
AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
Organization address
address: Iera Odos 75 contact info |
EL (ATHENS) | participant | 121˙750.00 |
| 11 |
JOHANN HEINRICH VON THUENEN-INSTITUT, BUNDESFORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FUER LANDLICHE RAUME, WALD UND FISCHEREI
Organization address
address: BUNDESALLEE 50 contact info |
DE (BRAUNSCHWEIG) | participant | 121˙750.00 |
| 12 |
SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET
Organization address
address: ARRHENIUSPLAN 4 contact info |
SE (UPPSALA) | participant | 121˙750.00 |
| 13 |
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI MEDITERRANEA DI REGGIO CALABRIA
Organization address
address: VIA SALITA MELISSARI FEO DI VITO contact info |
IT (Reggio Calabria) | participant | 121˙750.00 |
| 14 |
UNIVERSIDAD DE CORDOBA
Organization address
address: AVENIDA DE MEDINA AZAHARA 5 contact info |
ES (CORDOBA) | participant | 112˙000.00 |
| 15 |
STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK
Organization address
address: Costerweg 50 contact info |
NL (WAGENINGEN) | participant | 111˙797.00 |
| 16 |
Donal Murphy-Bokern
Organization address
address: Lindenweg 12 contact info |
DE (Lohne) | participant | 107˙999.00 |
| 17 |
MAA JA ELINTARVIKETALOUDEN TUTKIMUSKESKUS
Organization address
address: Building O - Humppilantie 14 contact info |
FI (JOKIOINEN) | participant | 100˙000.00 |
| 18 |
INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE AGRICOLA FUNDULEA
Organization address
address: Nicolae Titulescu 1 contact info |
RO (Fundulea) | participant | 83˙500.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'This research will deliver knowledge and technology for the optimisation of the use of legumes in European agricultural systems and promote the partnerships needed to support the public policy outcomes sought. By integrating the Consortiums extensive set of existing field case studies, modelling and knowledge base, the project will test, validate and deliver novel cropping systems. This network of 18 case studies, in 12 countries, will be the focus of interaction with farmers, SMEs, other businesses, and policy makers. Outputs will include system-optimised cropping plans for each pedo-climatic region, input into existing farm-planning tools, local on-farm demonstrations, a socio-economic analysis that will enable local economic assessment of cropping systems, and an ecological assessment of the effects of relevant farming system changes on greenhouse gas and nitrogen budgets, biodiversity and soil health from the farm to the continental scale. A book on legume-supported eco-efficient farming systems covering all aspects of the use of legumes in Europe will be published. The research is planned around the appreciation of how nitrogen fertilisation and the production and use of plant protein lie at the heart of many of the global, regional and local environmental challenges arising from agriculture. The project will take a novel strategic approach to knowledge interaction and delivery, in order to enhance and pool existing knowledge platforms and databases. It will then deliver the results into the farming community, commercial use, and policy practice beyond the life of the project. The project will facilitate wide access to new and existing knowledge and technologies and it will promote awareness of the role of legumes in the development of sustainable supply chains and consumption patterns. All research results and products will be put in the public domain, and partnership with all the agents of change, including policy makers, will be a key element of the work.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
An EU team developed new cropping methods involving increased use of legumes. Through field trials, the group assessed candidate species and documented the environmental and socioeconomic effects of the proposed methods.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
Legume crops are extremely important in agriculture: they fix a key nutrient (atmospheric nitrogen) into the soil, which fertilises the medium for other plants. Legumes also break cycles of disease affecting cereal crops.
Nevertheless, legumes are under-utilised in European agriculture, a situation the EU-funded project 'Legume-supported cropping systems for Europe' (http://www.legumefutures.eu (LEGUME-FUTURES)) aimed to rectify. Via a set of 9 objectives, the consortium planned 18 field trials across Europe, leading to new cropping systems. The endeavour ran over four years to February 2014.
The work established Europe-wide sites for experimental legume cropping. The resulting data were processed at an Internet data resource centre, supporting analysis of the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of legume-based production. The study also assessed available genetic material. From such information, the team developed a new understanding of the role of legumes in European farming and the basis for suggesting improvements.
Project outcomes include new cropping system designs, case studies, enhanced access to information, and assessment of environmental and socioeconomic impacts. The team also assessed non-traditional uses of legumes.
A core part of the consortium's work was knowledge interaction and research delivery. The resulting communications and delivery strategy helped match the effective delivery of research results to user needs, using a variety of delivery methods. These included farm demonstrations, conferences and workshops, a web portal and academic publications.
LEGUME-FUTURES helped to redefine the role of legumes in European cropping. The project also studied the economic and environmental considerations of farming strategies.