WUR’s research experience and expertise will contribute significantly to the completion of VALERECO project. More specifically, WUR will:

Leads WP4 – Living labs for the economic, environmental and technical, assessment of ES, and the tasks T4.1 – Living-Labs for demonstrating innovative uses of legumes, T4.4 – Life Cycle Assessments, along with the tasks T1.3 – Legumes in alignment with the new CAP, T5.3 – Formulation of policy recommendations at EU, national and regional level.

Additionally, WR participates in T1.1 – Legacy of the legumes and ecosystem services, T1.4 – Establishment of the Living Labs, T1.5 – Synergies with other projects, T2.1 – Status quo analysis: Perceptions and knowledge systems of supply chain actors and consumers, T2.4 – Behavioural design strategies to leverage the adoption of legumes by farmers, T3.1 – Set up of on-station participatory trials and establishment of the experimental protocols following 3D diversification strategies, T3.2 – Optimization of legume crops yield, stability and grain quality through agroecological approaches, T3.3 – Cascading effects of legume N2-fixation to soil fertility and biodiversity, T3.4 – Legume contribution to the reduction of disservices from biodiversity aiming at pesticide-free agricultural systems, T3.5 – Assessment of legume varieties for their climate change adaptation capability, T4.2 – Determination of the technical feasibility of legumes inclusion in crop rotations, T5.2 – Implementation of a digital legume information hub, T6.1 – Dissemination, exploitation & communication plan, T6.2 – Boosting stakeholder & ecosystem engagement, T6.3 – Training & capacity building, T7.1 – Administrative and Financial Management, T7.2 – Risk Management and Quality Assurance, T7.3 – Data Management, T7.4 – Ethics and gender dimension.