Breeding European Legumes for Increased Sustainability

BELIS的目标是：（一）通过改进育种部门的方法和治理结构，提高欧盟和联系国豆类育种业的竞争力;（二）创造条件，使育种者和种子行业以及其他行为者（注册办公室、推广服务、饲料和食品行业、农民）能够有效地获得已取得的遗传进展。该项目将重点关注目前种植用于生产饲料（反刍动物-牛，绵羊，山羊和单胃动物-猪，家禽），食品（原样或加工后）或提供生态系统服务的七种饲料作物和七种谷物作物。BELIS有三个主要目标：（1）开发具有成本效益的育种计划的工具和方法，并与育种者一起为育种者提供概念证明，（2）促进经济和监管环境：品种登记、品种推荐和商业模式;（3）实施高效、通过BELIS平台进行雄心勃勃和持久的创新转让，该平台包括育种者和科学研究，推广服务以及种子，食品和饲料行业的参与者网络，以及一个培训组合。该项目使许多物种的改良品种能够适应欧洲的不同地区和用途，与“生物多样性和生态系统服务”目标相关，主要有助于“根据全球生物多样性承诺，改善获得具有更广泛遗传基础的更广泛作物和品种的机会”。它还支持“农业和林业做法支持生物多样性和提供其他生态系统服务”。此外，BELIS将在自然生物多样性、减少空气和水污染以及农业系统可持续性方面作出积极贡献。

The aim of BELIS is (i) to increase the competitiveness of the EU and Associated Countries legume breeding industry by improving the methodologies and the governance structures of the breeding sector; (ii) to design conditions that allow an efficient delivery of the achieved genetic progress to the breeders and seed industry, and to the other actors (registration offices, extension services, feed and food industry, farmers). The project will focus on seven forage crops and seven grain crop that are currently grown to produce feed (for ruminants – cattle, sheep, goat and monogastric animals – pig, poultry), food (as is or after processing) or to deliver ecosystem services. BELIS has three main objectives: (1) To develop tools and methodologies for cost-effective breeding programmes and deliver proofs of concept, with and for breeders, (2) To facilitate the economic and regulatory environment: variety registration, variety recommendation and business models, (3) To implement an efficient, ambitious and durable transfer of innovation through the BELIS platform that includes a network of breeders and actors from scientific research, extension services and seed, food and feed industries, as well as a training portfolio. By enabling the creation of improved varieties in many species, adapted to different areas and uses in Europe, this project is relevant for the destinations towards “Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services”, mainly contributing to “Access to a wider range of crops and breeds with a broadened genetic base is improved in line with global biodiversity commitments”. It also supports the “Practices in agriculture and forestry support biodiversity and the provision of other ecosystems services”. In addition, BELIS will have a positive input on natural biodiversity, reduction of air and water pollutions and farming system sustainability.