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Catch the Pulse
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http://oar.icrisat.org/9324/
http://www.icrisat.org/wp-content/uploads/Pulses-are-smart-food.pdf |
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Catch the Pulse
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ICRISAT, -
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Chickpea
Pigeonpea Groundnut Food Legumes Food and Nutrition |
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| Description |
The UN General Assembly declared 2016 as the International Year of Pulses (IYP) with the aim to heighten public awareness of the nutritional benefits of pulses as a part of sustainable food production aimed towards food security and nutrition. Pulses are under-recognized for their value and their importance in diversification and complementing other foods. They are critical for both farmers and consumers. The pulses, pigeonpea and chickpea, in addition to groundnut, millets and sorghum, are the mandate crops of ICRISAT. Research focus is on (a) improved grain quality, nutritional traits, food safety, nitrogen fixing properties, hybrids, and (b) drought tolerance and adaptation to diverse dryland agroecosystems and to differing rotations with cereal crops. Breeding is enhanced with modern genomic and molecular tools, precise phenotyping and crop simulation modeling. ICRISAT works along the whole value chain of pulses in an integrated manner to create a win-win situation for the farmer, consumer and the planet. |
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ICRISAT
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2016
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Article
PeerReviewed |
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application/pdf
application/pdf |
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en
en |
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http://oar.icrisat.org/9324/1/Pulses-are-smart-food.pdf
http://oar.icrisat.org/9324/2/International-Year-of-Pulses-flyer.pdf ICRISAT, - (2016) Catch the Pulse. ICRISAT. 01-36. |
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