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Neglecting legumes has compromised human health and sustainable food production

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2016.112
10.1038/nplants.2016.112
 
Title Neglecting legumes has compromised human health and sustainable food production
 
Creator Foyer, C H
Lam, H M
Nguyen, H T
Siddique, K H M
Varshney, R K
Colmer, T D
Cowling, W
Bramley, H
Mori, T A
Hodgson, J M
Cooper, J W
Miller, A J
Kunert, K
Vorster, J
Cullis, C
Ozga, J A
Wahlqvist, M L
Liang, Y
Shou, H
Shi, K
Yu, J
Fodor, N
Kaiser, B N
Wong, F L
Valliyodan, B
Considine, M J
 
Subject Food Production
Sustainable Agriculture
Food and Nutrition
Food Security
Legume Crops
 
Description The United Nations declared 2016 as the International Year of Pulses (grain legumes) under the banner ‘nutritious seeds for a sustainable future’. A second green revolution is required to ensure food and nutritional security in the face of global climate change. Grain legumes provide an unparalleled solution to this problem because of their inherent capacity for symbiotic atmospheric nitrogen fixation, which provides economically sustainable advantages for farming. In addition, a legume-rich diet has health benefits for humans and livestock alike. However, grain legumes form only a minor part of most current human diets, and legume crops are greatly under-used. Food security and soil fertility could be significantly improved by greater grain legume usage and increased improvement of a range of grain legumes. The current lack of coordinated focus on grain legumes has compromised human health, nutritional security and sustainable food production.
 
Publisher Nature
 
Date 2016-08
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/9852/1/42%20%40nplants.2016.112.pdf
Foyer, C H and Lam, H M and Nguyen, H T and Siddique, K H M and Varshney, R K and Colmer, T D and Cowling, W and Bramley, H and Mori, T A and Hodgson, J M and Cooper, J W and Miller, A J and Kunert, K and Vorster, J and Cullis, C and Ozga, J A and Wahlqvist, M L and Liang, Y and Shou, H and Shi, K and Yu, J and Fodor, N and Kaiser, B N and Wong, F L and Valliyodan, B and Considine, M J (2016) Neglecting legumes has compromised human health and sustainable food production. Nature Plants, 2 (16112). 01-10. ISSN 2055-0278