Grain legume production in Europe for food, feed and meat-substitution
2023
van Loon, Marloes, P | Alimagham, Seyyedmajid | Pronk, Annette | Fodor, Nándor | Ion, Viorel | Kryvoshein, Oleksandr | Kryvobok, Oleksii | Marrou, Hélène | Mihail, Rurac | Mínguez, M. Inés | Pulina, Antonio | Reckling, Moritz | Rittler, Leopold | Roggero, Pier, Paolo | Stoddard, Frederick, L | Topp, Cairistiona, F E | van der Wel, Jop | Watson, Christine | van Ittersum, Martin, K | Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen] (WUR) | Agricultural Institute [Budapest] (ATK MGI) ; Centre for Agricultural Research [Budapest] (ATK) ; Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA)-Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) | University of Agronomical Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest (USAMV) | Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute (UHMI) | Amélioration génétique et adaptation des plantes méditerranéennes et tropicales (UMR AGAP) ; Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier ; Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Université de Montpellier (UM) | Technical University of Moldova | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) | Università degli Studi di Sassari = University of Sassari [Sassari] (UNISS) | Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung = Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) | Donau Soja | Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences = Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet (SLU) | Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) | trategic investment theme Protein Transition of Wageningen University & Research, and by the SusCrop- ERA-NET project LegumeGap (Grant 031B0807B) with funding from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland (MMM) and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of the UK (DEFRA) | project RP220220C022 from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain.
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Afficher plus [+] Moins [-]anglais. Partial shifts from animal-based to plant-based proteins in human diets could reduce environmental pressure from food systems and serve human health. Grain legumes can play an important role here. They are one of the few agricultural commodities for which Europe is not nearly self-sufficient. Here, we assessed area expansion and yield increases needed for European self-sufficiency of faba bean, pea and soybean. We show that such production could use substantially less cropland (4-8%) and reduce GHG emissions (7-22% current meat production) when substituting for animal-derived food proteins. We discuss changes required in food and agricultural systems to make grain legumes competitive with cereals for farmers and how their cultivation can help to increase sustainability of European cropping systems.
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