The Role of Legumes in the Farming Systems of the Mediterranean Areas

I. A Global and Regional Overview of the Role of Legumes in Farming Systems.- Legumes in Farming Systems in Mediterranean Climates.- The role of legumes in the farming systems of Algeria.- The role of legumes in the farming systems of Cyprus.- The role of legumes in the farming systems of Egypt.- The role of legumes in the farming systems of Greece.- The role of legumes in the farming systems of Iraq.- The role of legumes in the farming systems of Jordan.- The role of legumes in the farming systems of Morocco.- The role of legumes in the farming systems of Portugal.- The role of legumes in the farming systems of Syria.- The role of legumes in the farming systems of Tunisia.- The role of legumes in the farming systems of Turkey.- II. The Role of Legumes in Human and Animal Nutrition.- The role of food legumes in the diets of the populations of Mediterranean areas and associated nutritional factors.- The role of food legume straw and stubble in feeding livestock.- III. The Role of Legumes in Crop-Livestock Systems.- Farming systems producing livestock in Mediterranean areas.- The French Mediterranean zones: sheep rearing systems and the present and potential role of pasture legumes.- The role of forage legumes in rotation with cereals in Mediterranean areas.- The role of legumes in improving marginal lands.- The role of self-regenerating pasture in rotation with cereals in Mediterranean areas.- IV. The Role of Socio-Economics and Extension in Promoting Legumes in Farming Systems.- Annual cropping under dryland conditions in Turkey: a case study.- The extension of the ley farming system in South Australia: a case study.- The use of on-farm research as a method of extending legume production in Mediterranean farming systems.- Human constraints in extending the use of foragelegumes in Mediterranean areas.- V. Workshop Discussions and Recommendations.- >List of Participants.