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Production of Grain Legumes. Increasing food production, considering the long-term preservation and improvement of soil fertility, minimising energy consumption and protecting the environment are important tasks for sustainable agriculture. The professional monograph "Production of grain legumes", created at the end of the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) project "Grain legumes – production, processing and use", discusses modern approaches and good practices in the production of major and some minor grain legumes. The presented production techniques include procedures and principles that reduce the negative impacts of agriculture on the environment, including agrotechnical methods without and with reduced use of plant protection products. The possibilities and advantages of including legumes in the crop rotation on farms are also presented, emphasising reducing the need for fertilising plants with mineral and organic forms of nitrogen. The content of the monograph is supplemented by the experiences of individual growers who successfully produce different legumes on their farms. Intending to increase recognition, use, and production of grain legumes, the authors connected three critical levels in the chain: production, processing, and the use of grain legumes. "Production of grain legumes" is the first in the trilogy; the collection will be supplemented by the publications "Grain legumes in human nutrition" and "Grain legumes in nutrition of farm animals".