Journal article
Neglecting legumes has compromised human health and sustainable food production
Nature Plants, Vol.2(8), Art. 16112
2016
Abstract
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.
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- Title
- Neglecting legumes has compromised human health and sustainable food production
- Authors/Creators
- C.H. Foyer (Author/Creator) - University of LeedsH-M Lam (Author/Creator) - Chinese University of Hong KongH.T. Nguyen (Author/Creator) - University of MissouriK.H.M. Siddique (Author/Creator) - The University of Western AustraliaR.K. Varshney (Author/Creator) - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid TropicsT.D. Colmer (Author/Creator) - The University of Western AustraliaW. Cowling (Author/Creator) - The University of Western AustraliaH. Bramley (Author/Creator) - The University of SydneyT.A. Mori (Author/Creator) - The University of Western AustraliaJ.M. Hodgson (Author/Creator) - The University of Western AustraliaJ.W. Cooper (Author/Creator) - University of LeedsA.J. Miller (Author/Creator) - John Innes CentreK. Kunert (Author/Creator) - University of PretoriaJ. Vorster (Author/Creator) - University of PretoriaC. Cullis (Author/Creator) - Case Western Reserve UniversityJ.A. Ozga (Author/Creator) - University of AlbertaM.L. Wahlqvist (Author/Creator) - Zhejiang UniversityY. Liang (Author/Creator) - Zhejiang UniversityH. Shou (Author/Creator) - Zhejiang UniversityK. Shi (Author/Creator) - Zhejiang UniversityJ. Yu (Author/Creator) - Zhejiang UniversityN. Fodor (Author/Creator) - University of LeedsB.N. Kaiser (Author/Creator) - The University of SydneyF-L Wong (Author/Creator) - Chinese University of Hong KongB. Valliyodan (Author/Creator) - University of MissouriM.J. Considine (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Nature Plants, Vol.2(8), Art. 16112
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
- Identifiers
- 991005542788007891
- Copyright
- © 2016 Springer Nature Limited
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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