Meet the Global Bean Partners

During its two fruitful first years, The Global Bean Project has been funded by the German environment ministry (BMUV) and we were able to carry out a variety of activities with a central coordination amongst a growing global network of experts and enthusiasts. The network now counts above 100 partners from 37 countries. From now

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Please introduce yourself and tell us about how your work relates to legumes. How did you first fall in love with legumes? Hello everyone, my name is Chelsea Didinger. I just completed my PhD in Nutrition, and my research was on beans and other pulses. I chose to focus on beans/pulses because I truly believe

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Please introduce yourself and tell us about how your work relates to legumes. How did you first fall in love with legumes? The legume team at the Vietnam National Plant Genebank (Plant Resources Centre) includes: 1. Mr. Nguyen Van Kien, principal investigator 2. Ms. Nguyen Thi Hien, curator of legume seeds 3. Ms. Nguyen Thi

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Please introduce yourself and tell us about how your work relates to legumes. How did you first fall in love with legumes? Hi, my name is Nitya and I’m a New Zealander living in Valencia, Spain. Together with my husband, we have a small farm where, among other things, we grow many kinds of beans.

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What is your name? Can you briefly explain what your organisation does and your role?  My name is Lucas Mourão and I’m the coordinator of Slow Food’s local community in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. We are involved in the promotion of local socio-biodiversity, especially of Cerrado* fruits, through events and educational workshops. *The Cerrado is a

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I have been running an organic farm for many decades. For a long time we grew vegetables, including peas, beans and soybeans, for direct sale. We gave up direct sales in 2018 in favour of the World Farming Project. Since then, the Weltacker Attiswil has been a guest on our farm.

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I am currently working as a consultant with the Alliance Bioversity International and CIAT in six countries on a project on dynamic mixtures and evolutionary population.

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My name is Amanuel Samuel. I work in a civil society organization, Gardulla Peoples Development Association (GPDA) based in SNNPR, Ethiopia.

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My name is Rūta Beirote and I represent, together with my sister Santa, the farm and family of the Zutini house. Together with our parents and children we run a small farm, where we grow cereals, tomatoes and also legumes – beans and peas.

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I’m Nicolas Carton, a french agroecologist and self-proclaimed pulse ambassador. I started the initiative ‘Lumineuses’ during the Covid pandemics to promote pulse crops in the fields and in the kitchens. 

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