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DISCUSSION No. 128   •   FSN Forum digest No. 1233

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,

Today we would like to share with you the first comments received for the new online discussion: Pulses are praised for their health, environmental and economic benefits. How can their full potential be tapped? organized in the context of the International Year of Pulses 2016 (IYP2016).

We invite you to read the below summaries of the comments and to visit the discussion website to share your own experience and knowledge on how to make the most out of these remarkable plants.

You are also invited to share recipes that can inspire the consumption of these nutritious seeds.

Your input will help us make the IYP2016 a truly inclusive event and will feed into fact sheets and info briefs that will be circulated at events at regional and country level.

During the three weeks of discussion FAO experts will be available to respond to your questions on and around pulses and will contribute to the discussion with further information and resources. Please do not hesitate to contact us with your queries at: [log in to unmask]

We look forward to keep receiving your comments.

Your FSN Forum team

 

 

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED

iconKadambot Siddique, UN FAO Special Ambassador for the International Year of Pulses 2016, Australia

Kadambot, UN FAO Special Ambassador for the International Year of Pulses 2016, shares an article on how innovations in agronomy can help to fully tap the potential of food legumes in human, animal and soil health, he co-authored.

Read the article

We also invite you to watch Kadambot's video message on developing the role of pulses and on the challenges that persist in adopting their cultivation.

Watch the video

 

iconManuel Castrillo, Proyecto Camino Verde, Costa Rica

Manuel argues that on the part of both consumers and producers there is still a lack of awareness of the nutritional value of pulses and of the ease of their cultivation. He also highlights the need for further studying the role that pulses can play in climate change mitigation.

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iconAntonia Trichopoulou, Hellenic Health Foundation, Greece

Antonia also shares an article she co-authored. The article focuses on nutritional and health aspects of pulses, especially in the Mediterranean context.

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iconAsnake Fikre, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Ethiopia

Asnake provides detailed answers to the discussion's guiding questions. He argues that even though pulses are already part of traditional snacks consumed in Ethiopia, there is still room for increasing their production and consumption. He also sees scope for improvements in the seed distribution systems and identifies a need for a stronger support to pulses producers by the Government.

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