DiverIMPACTS - Case Study 19: Sweden | Local Legumes

Growing grain legumes in the cropping systems can provide several agronomic and environmental benefits. In addition, locally produced grain legumes have the potential to increase farmer’s income (premium price), develop new businesses and reduce the import of long distance-transported grain legumes for human consumption in Sweden.

Despite this, grain legumes, except for yellow pea and brown beans, are not commonly grown for human consumption, and a lot of the legumes and legume products sold in food stores in Sweden are imported. The objective is therefore to engage and strengthen the links between various stakeholders (farmers, value chain actors, advisors, researchers, NGOs, consumer’s organisations, etc.) in a participatory process to find ways to increase the production and consumption of Swedish-produced grain legumes in Sweden.

In this video Anita Gunnarsson from Hushallningssallskepet Shane and Raj Chongtham from SLU explain the focus to increase the interest of growing locally produced legumes in Sweden and why it is important.

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