Following the successful establishment of Legume Generation, we want to provide an insight into the background to the Legume Generation project, how it works, and into its approach to boosting the breeding of legumes.
The goal of Legume Generation is two-fold: to boost the breeding of agriculturally important legume crops for Europe, and to build innovation frameworks for sustained public and private investment in these species. To achieve this we have combined genetic, agronomic, economic and research strategy perspectives within six species-specific innovation communities focused on the improvement of soybean, lupin, pea, lentil, phaseolus bean, and clover. Our innovation communities support 43 pre-breeding and 32 breeding programmes.
