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  1. Legumes

Economic Importance

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Legumes are the second only to cereal grains (grasses) in importance for human nutrition.

Legumes provide many benefits including:

  • food
  • fodder
  • forage
  • soil stabilization and improvement
  • timber and wood products
  • industrial products
  • shade
  • landscape plants