With support from FAO, the Agricultural Research Institute launched a project that will boost the production and consumption of legumes in Chile

A 4-year initiative will revitalize the presence of beans, lentils and peas in the dry lands of the Ñuble and Biobío regions, with a direct impact on the communes of Ninhue, Ñiquén, San Ignacio and Yumbel. “The water deficit and adverse conditions have caused a growing dependence on foreigners, and a stagnation of large and small farmers in the Ñuble and Biobío regions with the loss of the varieties that were previously planted,” said the researcher and curator of the INIA Quilamapu plant genetic resources bank, Gerardo Tapia, at the end of the seminar that started a project that seeks to boost the production and consumption of legumes in our country. The project is called “Identification and reintroduction of genetic resources of legumes with tolerance to drought and diseases that contribute to food security and adaptability to climate change in family farming in the dry interior of Chile”, and is funded by FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) and ...