World Pulses Day is an

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established by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations to recognize the importance of

pulses In medicine, a pulse represents the tactile arterial palpation of the cardiac cycle (heartbeat) by trained fingertips. The pulse may be palpated in any place that allows an artery to be compressed near the surface of the body, such as at the nec ...

( dry beans, lentils,

dry peas The pea is most commonly the small spherical seed or the seed-pod of the flowering plant species ''Pisum sativum''. Each pod contains several peas, which can be green or yellow. Botanically, pea pods are fruit, since they contain seeds and d ...

chickpea The chickpea or chick pea (''Cicer arietinum'') is an annual legume of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. Its different types are variously known as gram" or Bengal gram, garbanzo or garbanzo bean, or Egyptian pea. Chickpea seeds are high ...

lupins ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...

) as a global food.

About

It has been designated on February 10 each year since 2019 by the

seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly The Seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly was opened on 18 September 2018. The President of the United Nations General Assembly was from the GRULAC group. Organisation for the session President Ecuadorian Foreign Ministe ...

on December 20, 2018. The date aims to bring attention to activities and information connected to the pulse sector worldwide.

Purpose

World Pulses Day provides an opportunity to raise awareness about the nutritional benefits of pulses as part of

sustainable food A sustainable food system is a type of food system that provides healthy food to people and creates sustainable environmental, economic and social systems that surround food. Sustainable food systems start with the development of sustainable agr ...

production aimed towards food security and nutrition. The official designation is also linked to the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development--a comprehensive set of universal and transformative

Sustainable Development Goals The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or Global Goals are a collection of 17 interlinked objectives designed to serve as a "shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future".United Nations (2017) R ...

that seek to strengthen universal peace. World Pulses Day also seeks to maintain momentum gained during FAO’s announcement of 2016 as the International Year of Pulses.

References

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