News & Events
INCREASE publication awarded with SEB-Wiley-TPJ Outstanding Paper Award
The INCREASE publication “A comprehensive metabolomics and lipidomics atlas for the legumes common bean, chickpea, lentil and lupin” published in…
It’s all about beans: German TV documentary about INCREASE out soon
We are happy to announce that on 19th of October 2024 at 21:45 CEST, the French-German TV channel ARTE features…
Job opportunity at IPK Gatersleben: Group Leader (f/m/d) in the field of ‘Resources Genetics and Reproduction’ in crop plants
The IPK Gatersleben is recruiting a Group Leader (f/m/d) in the field of ‘Resources Genetics and Reproduction’ in crop plants.…
INCREASE officially receives the European Union Prize for Citizen Science 2024 at the Ars Electronica Festival
It had been announced in June 2024 that INCREASE is the winner of the EU Prize for Citizen Science 2024.…
Commemoration of Mario Aguilar
It was with great sadness that we learnt that our valued consortium member Mario Aguilar, leading the INCREASE team at…
Citizen Science Photo, Video & Recipe Contest 2024 - Submissions now open!
All INCREASE Citizen Scientists are invited to share their photos, videos and delicious bean recipes and take part in this…
ARTE documentary “Superfood Beans” featuring INCREASE – preview at Long Night of Science in Halle
On Friday, 5th July 2024, MDR and ARTE (a German and a European broadcasting company) premiered their bean documentary featuring…
INCREASE event at French primary school sparks children’s curiosity for science, beans and biodiversity
On 27th June 2024, Valérie Geffroy from INRAE visited a school class of 25 children in a primary school in…
INCREASE awarded with EU Prize for Citizen Science 2024
The European Commission has awarded INCREASE the “Grand Prize” of the EU Prize for Citizen Science 2024. Endowed with 60,000…
INCREASE joins the FOOD 2030 Project Collaboration Network
We are happy to announce that the INCREASE project is now part of the FOOD 2030 Project Collaboration Network!…
Public event on 7th May 2024 "Agrobiodiversity for a healthy and sustainable diet for all"
Under the patronage of the city of Rome, INCREASE invites on 7th May 2024 to the public event "Agrobiodiversity for…
Raising ambassadors for pulses and agrobiodiversity with the INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment – an interview with Carolina Campos from Centro Social de Bairro
Bairro, Portugal
Please, tell us a bit about yourself, your profession, and your workplace.
I am Carolina Campos, a Senior…
'Let's grow like beans' workshop organised by the ANCeSCAO District Structure of Parma APS in Italy
On the 22nd of March 2024, the ANCeSCAO, in collaboration with Dr Roberto Reggiani and some volunteers, organised a…
The INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment welcomes 5,000 new participants to the 2024 bean season
After closure of registrations on 15th March, INCRASE is thrilled to welcome 5,000 new participants to round four of its…
Registration for the INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment extended
Great news for all green thumbs out there! We are thrilled to announce that we have extended the registration deadline…
Seed Exchange now available!
Exciting news! Today, the seed exchange option was activated in the "INCREASE CSA" app for our ongoing Citizen Science Experiment…
Children and teachers of Centro Social do Bairro organise INCREASE-infused exhibition for World Pulses Day
The Centro Social do Bairro, located in Famalicão, North of Portugal, is an enthusiastic participant in the INCREASE Citizen…
Experimental agro-biodiversity education with INCREASE beans sparks scientific interest in students
INCREASE bean varieties formed part of an education science study carried out at the "D. Manin" primary school in the…
Celebrate World Pulses Day 2024 with us!
One month from today, on 10th February, INCREASE celebrates World Pulses Day, a designated United Nations global event to recognize…
Over 2,000 registrations received for INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment 2024
The registration numbers for the INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment continue to rise. 2,455 citizens from across Europe have already registered…
Registrations for Citizen Science Experiment on the rise… and Happy Holidays!
As the year comes to a close, the registrations for the INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment are picking up speed. In…
REGISTER NOW for a new bean-growing journey: Pulses lovers, hobby gardeners and leisure scientists are invited to join the next round of the INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment
Registration is now open to all interested citizens for growing season 2024 of the INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment through the…
INCREASE at the Global Crop Diversity Summit 2023
On 14th of November 2023 scientists, agricultural and food experts, policymakers and multilateral organisations gathered in Berlin for the Global…
Call for Abstracts: Participatory and Citizen Science Genomics
A Participatory and Citizen Science Genomics workshop is organised by the INCREASE coordinator Roberto Papa and his team at the…
INCREASE event on 20th November at the Tenth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
The INCREASE project will host a side event during the Tenth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty…
Citizen Science Photo, Video & Recipe Contest 2023 - Submissions now open!
All INCREASE Citizen Scientists are invited to share their photos, videos and delicious bean recipes and take part in this…
INCREASE Citizen Science Day at IPK Leibniz-Institute
For the last three years citizens from across Europe had been invited to take part in the INCREASE Citizen Science…
Annual Meeting 2023 – the INCREASE consortium meets in Gatersleben
From 18-20 July 2023 the INCREASE consortium came together for their annual meeting at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics…
Job opportunity: Dissecting the genetic mechanisms of environmental adaptation in beans
INCREASE partner INRAE (Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture l'Alimentation et l'Environnement) is recruiting a post-doc to work…
Citizen Science Experiment – participant questionnaire now activated
A questionnaire for all new participants, who did not already participate in previous rounds of the INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment,…
Citizen Science Experiment – end of bean sending phase
The Citizen Science Experiment has reached the end of the bean sending phase, meaning that the last of in total…
International Day for Biodiversity 2023
Today, INCREASE observes the International Day for Biodiversity, supporting efforts in increasing understanding and raising awareness of biodiversity.
This year’s…
SMTA phase – all Citizen Scientists activated to receive their beans
We are pleased to announce that all participants of the INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment have been activated for the SMTA…
Finishing race of SMTA phase in 3rd round of Citizen Science Experiment
The finish line of the SMTA acceptance phase is in sight and the entire Citizen Science Experiment (CSE) team continues…
INCREASE celebrates Earth Day!
Tomorrow, on 22nd of April, we celebrate Earth Day! The climate and biodiversity crises are getting worse every minute and…
The INCREASE CSE-Team wishes all bean enthusiasts a happy Easter!
We wish all members of the INCREASE community wonderful Easter holidays and want to express a huge thank you to…
SMTA acceptance and bean packing for Citizen Science Experiment has started
The INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment has entered the phase of SMTA acceptance. SMTA stands for Standard Material Transfer Agreement.…
Record number of 9,293 registrations for Citizen Science Experiment in 2023
Registrations for the 3rd round of the INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment are now closed and the bean growing journey for…
3rd round of Citizen Science Experiment registers more participants than ever before
To date, more than 6,000 citizens from all over Europe, 6,570 to be exact, have registered for the 3rd round…
More than 4,600 citizens registered for Citizen Science Experiment – registrations open until 28 February 2023!
More than 4,600 citizens from all over Europe have to date registered for the INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment and registration…
INCREASE celebrates World Pulses Day!
Today, as every year on 10th February, we recognise and celebrate the importance of pulses as a global food. Pulses…
Registrations open until 28 February 2023 - now more than 2,000 citizens registered for Citizen Science Experiment
More than 2,000 citizens from all over Europe have now registered for the INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment (CSE). Most of…
1,000 citizens registered for 3rd round of Citizen Science Experiment – registrations still open!
On 20 December 2022, the Citizen Science Experiment (CSE) registrations hit the 1,000 mark. Now more than 1,000 citizens from…
Registration for 3rd Round of Citizen Science Experiment now open!
INCREASE opens the 3rd round of its Citizen Science Experiment - calling on all citizens to join in cultivating different…
INCREASE Annual Meeting 2022 - Towards the decentralised conservation of plant genetic resources: the first in-person consortium meeting was a great success
From 12-15 September, the INCREASE consortium came together in Ancona, Italy, for the very first in-person project meeting since its…
Public conference "Agrobiodiversity for healthy and sustainable diets" on 12th September 2022
On Monday, September 12, from 2:30 to 6:30 pm CEST, at the Mole Vanvitelliana Auditorium, ANCONA (Italy), a public conference…
Citizen Science Photo and Video Contest & Recipe Contest - Submissions now open!
All INCREASE Citizen Scientists are invited to participate in the INCREASE Citizen Science Photo and Video Contest 2022, this…
Lupin and common bean seed increase in Slovenia
The Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, one of the INCREASE partners, is currently trialling lupin and common bean on their…
Chickpea and lentil field trial in Lebanon
Various field trials in different settings are an important part of the INCREASE research in improving agrobiodiversity of food legumes…
‘Come with us… Citizens for agrobiodiversity!’: INCREASE releases new video clip
Protecting and promoting agrobiodiversity and the genetic resources of our world’s food crops as a whole is a massive undertaking,…
SMTA Acceptance Phase ongoing for INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment
The INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment (CSE) has entered the phase of Standard Material Transfer Agreement (SMTA) acceptance. The SMTA is…
Registrations now closed – 4,055 registered participants for Citizen Science Experiment
Last week, on 15th March 2022, the deadline for registrations for the INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment (CSE) closed. The INCREASE…
Message for Peace
We, the members of the European research project INCREASE, a project that wants to ensure a sustainable agriculture for the…
Now 3,135 registrations for INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment!
The INCREASE CSE Team is thrilled to see the numbers of registrations for the INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment increase rapidly.…
Francophone INCREASE Workshop held
On 8 February 2022, a francophone workshop presenting the European project INCREASE was held, led by the French INCREASE partners…
INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment – Registration deadline extended!
Registration for the participation of the 2nd round of the Citizen Science Experiment is now open until 15th March 2022…
More than 1,000 registrations for INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment!
Early this week, we have reached the benchmark of 1,000 registrations for round 2 of the INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment.…
Citizen Science Photo and Video Contest - Voting for winners!
Submission for the Citizen Science Photo and Video Contest 2021 is now closed.
We are now asking the INCREASE Social…
Registration for 2nd Round of Citizen Science Experiment now open!
INCREASE enters the 2nd round of its Citizen Science Experiment - calling on all citizens to participate in cultivating different…
2nd Round of Citizen Science Experiment - Registration opening soon!
Registration for the 2nd round of the INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment will open at the end of November 2021!…
Citizen Science Photo and Video Contest - Submission now open until 30th November!
All INCREASE Citizen Scientists are invited to participate in the INCREASE Citizen Science Photo and Video Contest.
The contest…
Public Event on 14th September, 13-14h CEST: Innovative Genotyping in Legumes with large Genome
Dear INCREASE friends,
On 14th September 2021, 13-14 CEST, you are invited to the INCREASE Annual Meeting public event on…
Open Access Government Publication - Issue July 2021
An article on INCREASE has been published in the July issue of Open Access Government, a digital publication hosting articles…
“INCREASE CSA” App: New Update available
A new update is available for the INCREASE CSA App! After downloading it, you will be able to enter data…
Follow us on Social Media!
Did you know that INCREASE has four Social Media Accounts?
You can find us here:
- Facebook: Pulses Increase
- Twitter: @pulses_increase…
“INCREASE CSA” App: New Update for Seed Emergence
A new update to guide our Citizen Scientists through the step of seed emergence is now available! Through this new…
International Day for Biological Diversity 2021
22 May marks the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB). Established by the United Nations in 1993, this global initiative…
INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment - Bean validation has started!
Thousands of participants from across Europe have received their beans and are now validating them in the INCREASE CSA App.…
CSE geographic distribution: 3.450 Citizen Scientists all over Europe
After the registrations for this year’s round of the INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment closed on 31st of March 2021, we…
Beans ready for shipping!
We are happy to announce that the beans for the INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment have been successfully assigned to all…
20.000 seed bags for 3.000 INCREASE Citizen Scientists
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Many helping hands are currently preparing 20.000 seed bags for the INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment at Università Politecnica delle Marche,…
New “INCREASE CSA” App version released
A new and improved “INCREASE CSA” App version is now available in the Google Play Store or the App Store…
Citizen Science Experiment: So far 1500 participants from all over Europe! Registrations still open until 31st of March!
We are very excited to see a very large and wide participation all over Europe - as you can see…
INCREASE Christmas Party
On 18th of December, we had our INCREASE Christmas party for all INCREASE partners. The event was a great occasion…
INCREASE officially launches Citizen Science Experiment - calling on all citizens to participate in cultivating different varieties of the common bean
Registration for the INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment opens today.
Science and scientific approaches need to be spread to the whole…
First INCREASE Stakeholder Consortium webinar turned out a great success!
On 27th of November 2020 we held our first Stakeholder Consortium webinar. More than 100 peoplefrom many different backgrounds participated…
INCREASE Citizen Science app has now launched!
As central feature of the Citizen Science Experiment, which is to kick off early next year, INCREASE is pleased to…
“INCREASE - Come with us!” – First project clip released
INCREASE has just released a brand-new animated video clip! The clip “INCREASE – Come with us!” is part one of…
First INCREASE stakeholder meeting: registrations now open!
On the 27th November 2020 from 2-4:30pm CET the project’s first stakeholder meeting will take place. This event is kicking-off…
Divseek Webinar on INCREASE
On 13th of October 2020, Prof. Roberto Papa, Coordinator of INCREASE, held a webinar on the INCREASE project hosted by…
INCREASE job vacancy
Assistant / Adjunct (postdoc) - Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Genomics, Legume Comparative Genomics Team…
Sweden Foodtech Big Meet 2020
On 30th of September 2020, Prof. Roberto Papa, Coordinator of the INCREASE project, participated in the Sweden Foodtech Big Meet…
Participatory research approach to characterise genetic resources in food legumes
The conservation and valorisation of food legume genetic resources, and their utilization in European agriculture form the core development of…
