Eurolegume

General objective:
IMPROVE THE SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF LEGUMINOUS, ENSURING
VARIETIES AND INNOVATIVE FOODS AND FEEDS, AND TURNING EU MORE
COMPETITIVE/SUSTAINABLE.
Specific objectives
1. Description of Biochemical/morphological features of pea, faba bean, and cowpea/black-eye-bean genotypes to develop varieties for food/feed and use in breeding (WP2);
2. Develop foods and feeds based on the nutritive value from
European varieties of pea, faba bean, and cowpea (WP4);Selection of the most appropriate Rhizobium and arbuscular mycorrhizae fungi to support nitrogen fixation. Development of new commercial inoculants (WP3);
3. Introducing of pea, faba bean, and cowpea in production
schemes to enhance the sustainability of agricultural systems
and improve the yield and economical benefit (WP5, WP6);
4. To give an added-value (as feeds) to products from legume grain production residues (WP6).