Oral Presentation 02 by Federico Andreotti at the International Conference on Pulses in Marrakesh, Morocco, 18-20 April 2016.

1. LUPINS:
a protein crop able to
perform in drylands
Federico Andreotti, Ivan Baldassarri
& Anna Zepetella Del Sesto
-Transdisciplinary research -

2. Table of Contents
 Objectives
 Methodology
 Lupins in Nature
 Lupins in Science
 Lupins in Society
 Conclusions
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3. Objectives
•Show scientific evidences that prove how
Lupin is a protein crop able to perform in
drylands.
•Understand how Lupin – as a traditional
crop – could exploit the local knowledge
and enhance farmer activity in social and
economic context.
•Connect scientific and popular knowledges
on Lupin.

4. HOWTO BRIDGE DIFFERENT
SCIENCES AND POPULAR
KNOWLEDGE?

5. Methodology 1
Transdisciplinarity
Collaboration in which exchanging information, altering
discipline-specific approaches, sharing resources and
integrating disciplines achieves a common scientific goal.
Transdisciplinary research allows investigators to transcend
their own disciplines to inform one another’s work, capture
complexity, and create new intellectual spaces involving
popular knowledges and practices (Rosenfield 1992)

6. HOWTO BRIDGE IN PRACTICE
DIFFERENT SCIENCES AND POPULAR
KNOWLEDGE?

7. Methodology 2
Third Heaven
"It is the fusion between the first and second paradise. The first is the
paradise in which humans were fully integrated into nature. The
second is the artificial paradise, developed by humans through a
process that has now reached globalizing proportions. The idea of the
Third Paradise is to lead artifice, that is, science, technology,
culture and political life, back to the Earth, while engaging in the
reestablishment of common principles and ethical behavior, for on
these the actual success of the project depends."

8. NATURE

9. Nature
Lupins
Lupins is a very ancient legume, from the family of
Fabaceae, used as food since 3000 years in the
Mediterranean region (Uauy et al. 1995). Lupins is able
to be efficient in drylands and with a very interesting
nutritional connotations.
This legume is well known as a fundamental plant in
crop rotation in order to fix nitrogen and improve the
quality of the soil, thanks to its root system. It is sown
in October and it’s flowering at half may till the end of
June.

10. SCIENCE

11. Science 1
Lupins in Nutriotional Science
The beneficial effects of Lupins on our health are
different. Lupin is a very important element in a
balanced diet due to its high content of essential
amino-acids, the large contribution of fibers
(INRAN 2016), the low glycaemic index and the
fact of being gluten free.

12. Science 1
Lupins in Nutriotional Science

13. Science 2 Lupins in Agroecology
Lupins World Producers:
Australia
South Africa
Argentina
Equador
Peru
Egypt
Morocco
Italy
Spain
(FAO stat. 2015)

14. Science 2
Lupins in Agroecology
Enhanced water use efficiency is possible by using
appropriate plant species, and Lupins is a promising
legume able to adapt in drylands (Izaurralde et al. 2011).
For instance, in the Mediterranean environments it was
proven how Lupins can increase the availability of
Nitrogen in the soil if introduced in rotation with wheat
(Espinoza et al 2015). Another issue related to drylands is
the acidification of the soil. Lupins permits to stop the
increase of the acidity of the soil and avoid external inputs
as limestone (Conyers et al 1996).

15. SOCIETY

16. Society
Lupins & People
Slow food is a grassroots network whose supporters
are linking traditional and good food with
commitment to their community and the
environment.
In Italy Lupins found his local and historic variety
promoted by Slow Food as the Giant Lupin of
Vairano.
July 22, 2012 Footer text here16

17. SOCIETY SCIENCENATURE

18. Conclusions
Conduct research on Lupins - pulses - should be done through a
transdisciplinary approach in order to have a local variety to share
with society which is promote on scientific evidences Slow food is an
effective example in which local and ancient pulses through scientific
knowledges find a meeting point : the third paradise.

19. THANKS FORYOUR KIND ATTENTION