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Rediscovery of regional ancient grain varieties for the sustainable production of organic food specialities (ReBIOscover)
Project
Project code: 2819OE133
Contract period: 01.01.2021
- 31.12.2023
Budget: 177,182 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Keywords: crop production, biological diversity, genetic resources, barley, regional value addition, rye, marketing, wheat, organic farming
For more than 10,000 years, the consumption of cereals is one of the most important sources of nutrients for humanity. The intake of dietary fibre from wheat or rye wholerain products is associated with a decreased risk for diabetes type 2, cardiovascular diseases and colon cancer as well as with improved weight management. Due to the increasingly controversial debate around wheat-associated health risks, especially in social media, about 20 % of Germans try to avoid gluten, at least partially, although more than 80 % of these individuals do not have a diagnosis of any intolerance. Many of these consumers also say that they tolerate traditional artisanal baked goods better compared to common white bread. However, the components that are responsible for this perception have so far not been identified. The hypothesis behind this debate suggests that compared to organic cereal products that have been manufactured in traditional ways, industrially made cereal products contain more immunoreactive and fewer nutritionally positive components. The two main reasons may be that a) compared to landraces, modern wheat cultivars have a different composition of nutrients and that b) manufacturing procedures from the grain to the final product have changed. Against this background, the main objective of the project is to find out if cereal landraces grown under organic conditions have positive agronomic characteristics and can be used to manufacture artisanal organic foods with improved technological, functional, sensory and nutritional properties. These organic specialty foods will address consumer demands for regional and healthy products. Custom-made communication strategies will be developed to transfer the results from this project to different target groups and disseminate them along the whole value chain
Section overview
Subjects
- Crop Production
- Organic Farming
Framework programme
Federal Organic Farming Scheme and other forms of sustainable agriculture (BÖLN)
