The UN General Assembly declared 2016 as the International Year ofPulses (IYP) with the aim to heighten public awareness of thenutritional benefits of pulses as a part of sustainable foodproduction aimed towards food security and nutrition.Pulses are under-recognized for their value and their importance indiversification and complementing other foods. They are critical forboth farmers and consumers. The pulses, pigeonpea and chickpea, in addition to groundnut, millets and sorghum, are themandate crops of ICRISAT. Research focus is on (a) improved grain quality, nutritional traits, foodsafety, nitrogen fixing properties, hybrids, and (b) drought tolerance and adaptation to diversedryland agroecosystems and to differing rotations with cereal crops. Breeding is enhanced withmodern 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-winsituation for the farmer, consumer and the planet
Afficher plus [+] Moins [-]- ICRISAT, 'Catch the Pulse', ICRISAT, pp.01-36, ICRISAT, 2016
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