Project Details
Description
The project will promote the adoption and understanding of the value of legume crops towards transition to sustainable, productive, climate-neutral, environment-friendly and resilient farming systems. VALERECO will identify, valorize and disseminate the ES provided by legume crops.
There is a lack of recognition on the use of legumes in N-fixation, soil fertility, biodiversity and climate change mitigation. This gives concern that this leads to inadequate investment in legume-based cropping systems and missed opportunity to use them in sustainable agriculture. Farmers are not fully aware of the benefits of legumes or possess the necessary knowledge or resources to incorporate them into their cropping systems.
VALERCO will have activities on three levels
- Proof of science
o Create knowledge base on ecosystem
o Behavioral changes in the value towards legumes
- Validation of practice
o On-station participatory trials
o Economic, environmental & technical assessment of the ES
- Traces of movement
o Development of digital tools & upscale
o Capacity Building & uptake
Main target group are farmers gaining more experience and knowledge on implementing legume crops in their rotation. There will be also policy recommendations at EU, national and regional level.
| Status | Active |
|---|---|
| Effective start/end date | 1/01/24 → 31/05/28 |