Projects

LeguTec – Holistic use of leguminous plants in technical applications

Authority

Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz

Federal State

Lower Saxony and Hamburg

Contact

Calenberger Straße 2
30169 Hannover

Website: External link to the authority

Project Title

LeguTec – Holistic use of leguminous plants in technical applications

Project description

The aim of the LeguTec project is to further develop and promote the cultivation and use of legumes in Lower Saxony through holistic utilization concepts for all parts of the plants. Currently, cultivation is aimed exclusively at grain production. The by-products, such as pods and stems, are not used but are chopped up as evenly as possible during harvesting. If all parts of the plant can be used, this creates an additional economic incentive for farmers to cultivate these plants. As part of the project, harvesting and residue utilization concepts are to be developed specifically for each type of legume. After successful harvesting of the legume residues, these are to be processed into new raw materials for various areas of application and used, for example, as reinforcing materials, fillers, and/or additives or functionalization for bio-based plastic composites. The focus is on processing by means of extrusion and injection molding into wood plastic composites or natural fiber composites. Finally, the materials will undergo a life cycle assessment to demonstrate the sustainability potential of this approach.

Final report

Results and the Final report will be found here, as soon as the project is completed.

Keywords

  • Circular economy, incl. waste, by-products and residues
  • Supply chain, marketing and consumption
  • Climate change (incl. GHG reduction, adaptation and mitigation, and other air related issues)
  • Crop rotation/crop diversification/dual-purpose or mixed cropping

Main funding source

Rural development 2023-2027 for Operational Groups (in the sense of Art 127 of Reg. 2021/2115)

OG contact information

IfBB - Institut für Biokunststoffe und BioverbundWerkstoffe
Heisterbergallee 10a
30453 Hannover

Phone: 0511 92962230

Email: andrea.siebert-raths@hs-hannover.de

Type of OG partners

  • Farmer
  • Advisor
  • Researcher
  • business in rural areas

Begin of project

2025

Project status

ongoing

Total budget applied for in EUR

383,820

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