World Pulses Day

  • World Pulses Day is an international day established by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations to recognize the importance of pulses (dry beans, lentils, dry peas, chickpeas, lupins) as a global food.
  • It has been designated on February 10 each year since 2019 by the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly on December 20, 2018.
  • The UN General Assembly adopted 2016 as the International Year of Pulses (IYP).
  • World Pulses Day 2021 Theme: #LovePulses.

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Pulses

  • Pulses, also known as legumes, are the edible seeds of leguminous plants cultivated for ....
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