The breeding, cultivation and processing of peas are potential future markets for securing protein-rich foods (cultivation of protein peas, processing into extrudates or isolates as a basis for meat substitute products, food production – from design to production) in the central German region of Saxony-Anhalt.
However, peas are at a clear disadvantage compared to maize or wheat.
This is because key tools in the areas of digitalization, genomics and genetics are not available and new strategies for the future markets listed above are lacking.