Cultivation of legumes - The Global Bean Project

Win-Winter Grain Legumes

2023-01-262022-12-28 by ARCHE NOAH

Author: Yana Stiewe (Global Plot Berlin) Based on the research on Winter legume crops of Magdalena Aigner (Arche Noah) Taking a walk during wintertime shows us that the world is asleep. Grey skies, leafless trees and bare soil, nothing covering the ground. The latter is actually nothing nature intends to do but rather anthropogenic interference.

2023-01-262022-12-27 by Seed Savers Network

Kenya is considered a farming nation. Among farming communities in the country, legumes are an important source of nourishment and are, therefore, central to many diets in the country. They are indeed good sources of protein, fibre, they protect against diseases, they fertilise the soil for other crops and they contribute to the economy of the country. Want to know how? Discover the role of vegetables in Kenya in this article!

2023-01-262022-12-27 by Seed Savers Network

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.

2022-12-222022-11-13 by KBean Project

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.

2022-12-222022-11-06 by terrABC

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

2022-10-31 by Grégoire Duffal

In this second “Behind the Seeds” interview, Melissa Le Court de Billot shares her knowledge about two underrated South African legumes.

2022-10-31 by Anne Moïta

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.

2022-10-24 by Anne Moïta

The Global Bean team was lucky to receive the KBean project form South Korea, in Berlin for a 3-day visit.

2022-12-152022-10-14 by Nicolas Carton @Lumineuses

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

2022-12-152022-09-26 by heldenküche

Until now the Global Bean Project has been a digital network for me. Enthusiastic people —some might say nerdy :)) — work together to share knowledge through online meetings and publications to promote the wonderful and diverse family of legumes. This time however, thanks to our yearly cooking event „Give peas a chance“ in collaboration

2022-09-26 by Anne Moïta

Ever heard of “Updrögt beans”, mysterious name for a traditional method of preserving beans? Michael Recktenwald – Chef of the SlowFood Chef Alliance and resident of Langeoog, one of the seven Islands in East Phrygia where those beans originate – shared the story of the beans with the Global Bean team, and now, with you.

2022-12-152022-08-31 by Seed Savers Network

Many regions of Kenya can be categorized into arid and semi-arid lands that receive unsustainable rainfall of between 250mm-500mm. Millions of smallholder farmers in the arid and semiarid lands of Kenya prefer cultivating legumes over other cash crops – crops grown mainly for sale – due to…

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