VALERECO valereco.eu develops an EU-wide legume ecosystem to identify barriers and enablers of legume adoption and to provide services on the economic and environmental benefits of their inclusion into agricultural systems. In detail, VALERECO aims to:
- Develop a knowledge base on the legume ecosystem services
- Establish Living Labs to co-create and demonstrate economically and environmentally feasible solutions for legume incorporation into cropping systems
- Promote the diversified legume-derived ecosystem services across the value chain
- Experiment with innovative uses of legumes to promote biodiversity-driven farming systems
- Develop a digital legume information hub to upscale and uptake VALERECO results