The World Soybean Research Conference (WSRC11) will take place in Vienna, Austria, on 18 - 23 June 2023. Dear colleagues and guests, on behalf of the conference committees and the Donau Soja Association, the hosting institution, I feel truly honored and...
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Global Bean July meeting
On Thursday 14 of July is our next partners meeting at 15:30 (CEST), followed by an inspiring cooking session with pulses at 17:00 (CEST). Claudia (heldenküche) and Cecilia (Bean Beat) have put together an inspiring program and we are very much looking forward to both...
Introduction to the Legume Hub
What is the Legume Hub? Who does it serve? How can you get involved? Watch our introduction video! The purpose of the Legume Hub is to empower all interested in the development of legume crop production and use by providing access to validated knowledge. It is a...
Analysis of grain legumes and legume feed products
Donau Soja tailored, in collaboration with the German company Evonik Industries, an exclusive and innovative offer for analysing grain legumes and legume feed products. It is also applicable for example for cereals or corn. More transparency and information about...
Legumes and the hunger crisis
What role do legumes play in the emerging food security crisis? This question will be discussed together with several experts in the upcoming meeting of the Global Bean Network on May 19.Will the world see an even bigger hunger crisis than in 2008? Experts agree that...
Better with Beans
The Better with Beans (Bättre med Bönor) campaign is a collaboration between the Swedish-speaking organizations Natur och Miljö and Finlands Svenska 4H and the network Ground for Growth, which consists of food producers and researchers. About the campaign The...
Haberlandt Award for soybean research in Europe and China
The Haberlandt Award recognises outstanding achievements in soybean research in Europe and China. This price is awarded by the Donau Soja Association in cooperation with the Soybean speciality committee of the Crop Science Society of China. Who can apply? The award...
Be vocal about local: Legumes for livestock
This webinar from Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) brings together some recent outcomes of research in Scotland on legume agronomy and its (feeding) value for livestock. About this event Chair: Ross Mackenzie (SAC Consultancy) Agenda 10.30 – 10.40:...
DAFA online workshop (in German): Double legume acreage by 2030!
On March 29 and 30, 2022, the online workshop of the Deutsche Agrarforschungsallianz (DAFA) will take place: Double legume acreage by 2030! The two-day workshop will address questions such as: Which "new" legume species can be used in mixed cropping? Which utilisation...
Satellite-based yield prediction system for optimal decision-making
On March 8 an online-workshop on the satellite-based yield prediction system for soybean, which evolved from a collaboration of the BioSense Institute and Donau Soja within the Horizon2020 project Cybele, will be held from 12-1:30pm CET. In the workshop it will be...
Global Bean’s Seed festival
On March 2 the Global Bean network invites to join the trans-european online seed festival that will concentrate on how to save and cultivate legume seed: beans, lentils, peas, chickpeas, faba and all their diversity. From 5 to 8 pm there will be a lot of storytelling...
Exploring bean biversity on world pulses day
At the occasion of world pulses day 2022, the global bean project will be exploring bean diversity. On Thursday, February 10, 17:00-18:00 CET, Patrick Kaiser from the swabian Genbänkle, Germany, will lead us through history, diversity, numbers and the beauty of...
Public opening of The Global Bean Network
On January 27, the public kick-off meeting of The Global Bean Network takes place. Participants will get to know the project’s partners across Europe and beyond. Further the components and events of the project will be introduced – starting with a European legumes...
Postdoc Position – Phenotyping and Agroecology of Legume Crops
The Crop Science Group of ETH Zurich seeks for a postdoctoral researcher to contribute to projects in phenotyping of soybean, peas and/or pulses. The three-year postdoc will develop approaches for “phenomic selection”, explore options to include legume crops into...
Symposium: Soy in the Anthropocene
Registration is open for the hybrid (on site and online) conference on 3 November 2021, organised by the Commission for Interdisciplinary Ecological Studies (KIOES) at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW). The conference discusses how soy emerged from a regional...
Visit of Soybean Experimental Station Pavlikeni, Bulgaria
From June 16th to 18 th 2021, a delegation of the Donau Soja Moldova network visited the Experimental Soybean Station in Pavlikeni, Bulgaria. The purpose of the visit was to observe how Moldovan soybean varieties grow under the climatic conditions present at the...
The Legume Hub: Empowering the European legume development community
The European Legume Hub, a knowledge platform for legumes, was launched today by the Legumes Translated project consortium. It is an important step towards empowering the legume development community. The Legume Hub provides an open access to knowledge, insights and...
Advances in Legume Science and Practice 2
The three day virtual conference ‘Advances in Legume Science and Practice 2‘, organised by the Association of Applied Biologists ‘Cropping And The Environment (CATE)’ specialist group, will take place 1 - 3 September 2021. Legume Science and Practice Conference The...
Welcome to the Legume Hub!
The Legume Hub provides timely, scientifically valid, and comprehensive information for practitioners. These include farmers as growers and users of legumes, processors for feed and food purposes, and all involved in the related parts of the value chains.Empowering...