www.fao.org/pulses-2016/en/ International Year of Pulses - Global Dialogue - IDRC 10 year research strategy

1. IYP 2016
10 YEAR RESEARCH STRATEGY
Chapter 4
INTEGRATION ACROSS AGRICULTURAL,
NUTRITIONAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Diego RUBIALES

2. Pulses are multifunctional crops with extraordinary
importance for the agriculture, environment and culture
However acreage in Europe and North Africa is continuously decreasing
and we are importing pulses for food and feed,
whereas its maintaining or even increasing in other areas
key role in animal feed
being particularly important in the Mediterranean and Hindu diet

3. Trend in pulse cultivations and imports compared to soya bean in Spain
13kgpulses/person/year
20kgmeat/person/year
3
kg
lpulses/person/year
51
kg
person/year
Tomado de González & Rubiales, 2016, revista Arbor
Trend changing thanks to better understanding
of legume benefits for health and environment

4. Δ Yield
(Kg/ha/year)
Pea 8
Faba bean 9
Common bean 22
Lentil 0
Chickpea 5
Lupin 2
wheat 52
Major limitations for pulse cultivation:
Relatively low yield potential-stability

6. Major limitations for legume cultivation:
Relatively low yield potential-stability
Numerous species multiplying breeder’s investments
Priorities:
Increased yield and yield stability
Addressing markets demands
Social implications
• Grower satisfaction:
Good yield, disease resistance, lodging, herbicide tolerance…. Getting higher prize
• Consumer satisfaction
colour, size, appearance, nutrition, ….. At lower cost
Sustainability of the system:
Improving the cv registration system
and making seeds accessible together
with sound cropping practices
Policy:
Supporting the system

7. Increased yield stability in the frame of global
change and increasing awareness on health and
environmental sustainability issues
Enlarging cropping area and stabilizing performance:
Genotype, Environment, Management, and their interactions
tolerance to stresses (drought, freezing, salinity, pest and diseases)
Important to develop adaptation to short spring cycles or long winter cycles to diverse geographical zones
Addressing demands arising from concerns on environment and food security
- resource use efficiency including symbiotic performance
- resilient production in the context of climate change
- adaptation to sustainable cropping systems
- diverse uses: feeds, foods, non-food, forage or green manure
- Increased biodiversity, ecological services

8. Chapter 4: Integration across agricultural, nutritional and social sciences
Tools and approaches:
Regional and global multi-disciplinary networks:
• Increasing mutual awareness among scientists (e.g. molecular biologists,
pathologists, breeders, entomologists, agronomists, nutrition experts) and
practitioners (e.g. producers, extension advisors, agribusiness technicians),
exchanging information and expertise, and helping researchers to strategically
prioritize scientific objectives and tailor their research designs to align with ‘real
world’
European Association for Grain Legumes Research
President Vice-president

9. • Forming consortia
to tackle complex sustainability issues within and across production,
processing, and consumption components of pulse supply chains.
Examples include:
the Pan-African Bean Research Alliance (PABRA),
the International Mungbean Network,
the Faba Bean
IFLRC
Chapter 4: Integration across agricultural, nutritional and social sciences
Tools and approaches:

10. - Coordinating access and sharing of germplasm materials, information
and facilities and harmonizing issues around intellectual property.