News about Global Bean Project activities and stories from our network.
My name is Hubert Würsch and I live in central Switzerland. I consider the benefit of legumes through nitrogen fixation to be an enormously important factor in agriculture.
Romain Elleboudt, of the Global Beans Project told Seeds4all more about the ambitions and structure of the network, as well as its positions regarding recent European declarations.
Suddenly, everyone is interested in the crops we grow and import in Europe. The war in Ukraine has really focused our minds on feeding people – or is that feeding animals? Legumes & protein crops production in the EU Agriculture in Europe is highly dependent on…
I am an independent agricultural scientist with a particular interest in how agri-food systems produce and use protein. At the moment, I am the scientific coordinator of the EU-funded Legumes Translated consortium.
My Name is Lopamudra Sahu, I look at our clients farms in Odisha and West Bengal. At Edible Routes we foresee a world where our food is grown locally, near us & by people known to us.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is further disrupting a global food system already undermined by Covid and the unfolding climate crisis. I went looking for guidance that would suggest demand-side, climate-proofed action in response.
As we watch the war in Ukraine in disbelief, the next global catastrophe is looming. Exploding energy and commodity prices meet reduced production of wheat, corn and oil crops; and on top of that agricultural functionaries are demanding a rollback of environmental measures.