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DISCUSSION No. 128   •   FSN Forum digest No. 1235

Pulses are praised for their health, environmental and economic benefits. How can their full potential be tapped?

until 19 June 2016

 

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Dear Members,

Thank you for sending us your comments to the online discussion: Pulses are praised for their health, environmental and economic benefits. How can their full potential be tapped?. We are happy to share the latest ones with you below.

In this discussion you are reflecting on how to fully take advantage of the properties of pulses and how to best use them to advance the fight against hunger and malnutrition. Some of you also shared interesting recipes that can inspire the consumption of these nutritious seeds.

Your input helps us make the International Year of Pulses 2016 a truly inclusive event and will feed into fact sheets and info briefs that will be circulated at events at regional and country level.

Please visit the discussion page to read all comments in full, access background information and to post your contributions. Your comments are welcome in all UN languages.

We look forward to keep receiving your comments.

Your FSN Forum team

 

 

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED

iconRobynne Anderson, International Agri Food Network, Canada

Robynne tackles the Canadian situation where pulses are widely being produced for exporting but are not an important part of the national cuisine. Initiatives such as the IYP could help bring about a behaviour change leading to larger scale consumption of domestically produced pulses. She also notes that pulses are often part of the so-called orphan crops, whose production does not attract much interest by investors notwithstanding their nutrient density.

Robynne also shares a list of publications that study pulses in greater detail, both from an agricultural and nutritional point of view.

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iconHuseyin Arslan, Global Pulse Confederation, Turkey

Huseyin suggests numerous innovative ways to include pulses in the daily diet. In addition, Huseyin develops on the benefits that pulses production can have for farmers when cultivated for own consumption, feed or resale.

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iconEleanor Boyle, Sustainable Food, Attainable Health, Canada

Eleanor also mentions the case of Canada where many people don’t sufficiently appreciate the potential benefits of the consumption of pulses, despite the country being a major producer. In this context she points to two books touching upon this subject.

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iconArun Kumar Das, Caloriecounts.org, India

Arun highlights the role that low-glycaemic index food like pulses can play in combating the incidence and mortality associated with diabetes and related diseases.

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iconSamuel Adjei-Nsiah, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ghana

Samuel argues that in order to increase the use of pulses, efforts must be made to train people on how they could be best processed and used.

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iconNathaniel Moore, Harbour Publishing Co Ltd, USA

Nathaniel points to a recently published book called "The Power of Pulses". The publication aims to teach how to cultivate and prepare pulses, and to inform about their nutritional and ecological benefits.

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iconKuruppacharil V.Peter, World Noni Research Foundation, India

Kuruppacharil mentions a series of underutilized legume varieties that could be an important source of protein. He also shares the link to a series of publications on underutilized and underexploited horticultural crops.

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iconJohn Howieson, Murdoch University Australia

John points out that many of the pulses species commonly grown are generally not tolerant of soil infertility. He therefore proposes to increase the domestication of species that are more tolerant towards poorer soils.

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iconSalomeyesudas, Nalla Kerai ( Good Greens) Executive Director, India

Salomeyesudas stresses the need to introduce pulses to children as regular food and to take advantage of all available ways of preparing them. She also emphasizes the importance of proper storage of pulses.

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