BELIS WEBINAR SERIES “BELIS NETWORK. LEGUME BREEDING FOR AGROECOLOGICAL TRANSITION IN EUROPE”

On 23^rd January 2025, the Horizon Europe BELIS Project (Breeding European Legumes for Increased Sustainability) will be organising a Webinar on “BELIS Network. Legume breeding for agroecological transition in Europe”.

Programme, registration and more information: http://www.belisproject.eu/belis-webinar-legume-breeding-for-agroecological-transition-in-europe/

Webinar objectives:

This webinar will address key challenges related to legume breeding in Europe, drawing on the scientific publication Legume Breeding for the Agroecological Transition of Global Agri-Food Systems: A European Perspective by Diego Rubiales et al., 2021.

It will also introduce the European project BELIS – Breeding European Legumes for Increased Sustainability, focusing on 14 legume species, including 7 forage legumes (red clover, white clover, annual clover, alfalfa, sainfoin, bird’s-foot trefoil, and vetches) and 7 grain legumes (pea, faba bean, soybean, white lupin, lentil, chickpea, and common bean).

Target Audience

This webinar is specifically designed for professionals involved in forage and grain legume breeding and utilization in Europe, including breeders and seed industry, researchers, registration offices, extension services, feed and food industry, farmers.