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Highlights: This knowledge brief aims to provide a set of evidence regarding the outcomes and impacts of agroecology. There is a strong theoretical basis and empirical evidence that food security outcomes...

A reasonable plant-based protein supply needs to be found in order to fight protein undernourishment, especially in developing nations. One of the most prominent and underutilized members of the Fabaceae...

Pulses, dry grains of the Fabaceae family used for food and feed, are particularly important agricultural products with increasing commercial and nutritional relevance. Similar to other plant...

Protein is one of the essential major nutrients required for the cell functioning in human body. Complete proteins, which are usually found in animal-based proteins, despite of having...

The importance of legumes in sustainable cropping systems has been studied extensively. Among legumes, common beans ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.) are a rich world...

Highlights: Legumes and oil seed crops such as sesame are potential vehicles in fortification of cereals. There are limited options for household value addition...

Highlights: Pulse proteins provide a promising alternative to conventional animal proteins Pretreatment techniques have potential to improve pulse protein extraction efficiency Pulse proteins...

Highlights Various plant-based proteins have been tested for structuring meat analogues. Cysteine-rich proteins are preferred to build fibrous structures via crosslinking. Efficiency...

Among the inputs needed for a healthy soil, nitrogen is unique because it originates from the atmosphere. How it moves from the air to the ground is governed in part by a process called...

Global climate change, causing large parts of the world to become drier with longer drought periods, severely affects production of common beans ( Phaseolus vulgaris...