Andean lupine – a plant with a future!
One advantage of lupine is its higher protein content and, above all, its taproot, with which it can absorb nutrients from deeper soil layers, primarily phosphorus, and break through soil compaction. Lupins also prefer more extensive soils that are not otherwise used for agricultural purposes. Among the various types of lupine, the Andean lupine has a particularly high protein content and is extremely modest in its location requirements. Protein plants are also important members of every arable crop rotation, especially in livestock-free farms. Due to their special ability to bind atmospheric nitrogen with their nodule bacteria and make it usable for the next crop, they are of great importance. In addition to local legumes such as peas and field beans, lupins will also increasingly serve as protein suppliers in the future.
Press release Kleine Zeitung: Plant from the Andes becomes a project in the Ennstal (Wednesday, May 18, 2016)