10-February World Pulses Day:

Origin of the Day:

Recognizing their value, on 20 December 2013, the UN General Assembly followed a decision (A/RES/68/231) proclaiming 2016 as the International Year of Pulses (IYP). The celebration of the year, led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), expanded the public awareness of the dietary and environmental advantages of pulses as a part of sustainable meals manufacturing.

In 2019, the General Assembly proclaimed 10 February as the World Pulses Day (resolution A/RES/73/251).

What are Pulses:

Pulses, additionally known as legumes, are the fit to be eaten seeds of leguminous flowers cultivated for food. Dried beans, lentils and peas are the maximum acknowledged and ate up forms of pulses.

Staples dishes and cuisines from international feature pulses, from hummus in the Mediterranean (chick peas), to a conventional full English breakfast (baked military beans) to Indian dal (peas or lentils).

Pulses do no longer encompass plants which are harvested inexperienced (e.G. Green peas, inexperienced beans)—those are categorized as vegetable plants. Also excluded are those plants used in particular for oil extraction (e.g., Soybean and groundnuts) and leguminous plants which can be used only for sowing functions (e.g. Seeds of clover and alfalfa).