Legume crops have an overall positive impact on the environment, in particular a lower fossil energy consumption and lower GHG emissions. This was the message of this brief overview made by Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen at the occasion of a workshop-debate on grain legume economic sector in the EU, organised on in Brussels on 26 March 2008 by the Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations in the EU and General Confederation of Agricultural Co-operatives in the EU (COPA-COGECA). More...

Why symbiotic nitrogen fixation is a key natural feature for environment issues. More...

Legumes can minimise the input of fossil energy in agriculture and are a necessary component of a bioenergy policy for sustainable development. More...

The characteristics of a sustainable agriculture are to decrease fossil energy consumption, increase the use of renewable resources, introduce more diversity in crops, decrease transportation, and ensure soil fertility and food quality. Let's examine the contribution of legumes to these different aspects. More...

Favouring local sources of raw materials for traceable products More...