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In Kenya many types of legumes are grown in various parts of the country. The common bean is the legume most commonly incorporated in different cropping systems (10 % of the proteins consumed in the country!). Discover in this article all about the important legumes that grow in Kenya.
My name is Amanuel Samuel. I work in a civil society organization, Gardulla Peoples Development Association (GPDA) based in SNNPR, Ethiopia.
My name is Rūta Beirote and I represent, together with my sister Santa, the farm and family of the Zutini house. Together with our parents and children we run a small farm, where we grow cereals, tomatoes and also legumes – beans and peas.
In this third “Behind the seeds” interview, Clayton Brascoupe, from the north of Santa Fe in New Mexico, shares his experience with the legumes he grows on his farm, in the international Slow Food convention in Torino “Terra Madre”.
Green Food Lab is a Dutch food consulting and communication agency, aimed at spreading awareness and popularization of plant-based and eco-friendly foods.
Beandeal is a solidarity organization established in July 2022 by 43 institutions nationwide to promote the production, processing and consumption of Dutch beans.
The Fava beans have been known for centuries in traditional Latvian cuisine. They were the first ones brought to Latvia and Baltics, and were the main food (along with brown peas) until potatoes arrived and took the first place. Nowadays, boiled Fava beans are the Latvian traditional summer meal. In this article, I’m gonna show
The importance of legumes in arable farming Legumes are of particular importance in arable farming due to their symbiosis with root nodules (rhizobia). The ability of root nodules to fix atmospheric nitrogen makes legumes an important basic component in crop rotations, especially in organic farming. For this reason, legumes are often used not only as
In this second “Behind the Seeds” interview, Melissa Le Court de Billot shares her knowledge about two underrated South African legumes.
As the legume season is coming to an end, at least in Europe, what better time to look back on the first year of the Global Bean Showgardens.
I’m Nicolas Carton, a french agroecologist and self-proclaimed pulse ambassador. I started the initiative ‘Lumineuses’ during the Covid pandemics to promote pulse crops in the fields and in the kitchens.
The Global Bean team was lucky to receive the KBean project form South Korea, in Berlin for a 3-day visit.
The beauty in the seeds and further advantages of producing your own legume seeds This article has also been published in German on the TerrABC platform, terrabc.org. Legume seeds are living miracles The other day, I was looking at some beans before cooking them and I had an “aha-moment”: a plant had used the genetic