Developing legume cropping: looking forward

Posted: 07.06.2021
Europe is self-sufficient in most agricultural commodities that it can produce. It is even a net exporter of cereals. This remarkable productivity can be attributed to specialization in high yielding cereals and oilseeds supported by synthetic nitrogen fertilizer and large imports of soy from North and South America. However, this productivity comes at a cost for the environment linked to imbalances in European cropping systems.

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Murphy-Bokern, D. (2017). Developing legume cropping: looking forward. In: Murphy-Bokern, D., Stoddard, F. and Watson, C. (Eds.).  Legumes in cropping systems. CABI.

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Acknowledgement: Legume Futures has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant No. 245216.

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