PROCEEDINGS Discussion No. 128 30.05.2016 – 19.06.2016 www.fao.org/fsnforum/activities/discussions/pulses Pulses are praised for their health, environmental and economic benefits. How can their full potential be tapped? Collection of contributions received in collaboration with Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition www.fao.org/fsnforum 2 Pulses are praised for their health, environmental and economic benefits. How can their full potential be tapped PROCEEDINGS Table of Contents Topic note .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Contributions received ................................................................................................................................................................ 6 1. Manuel Castrillo, Proyecto Camino Verde, Costa Rica ...................................................................................... 6 2. Antonia Trichopoulou, Hellenic Health Foundation, Greece ......................................................................... 7 3. Asnake Fikre, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Ethiopia ....................................................... 7 4. Kadambot Siddique, UN FAO Special Ambassador for the International Year of Pulses 2016, Australia ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 8 5. Lal Manavado, Norway .................................................................................................................................................. 9 6. Roberto Neiva Tavares, FAO, Italy ......................................................................................................................... 11 7. Eleanor Boyle, Sustainable Food, Attainable Health, Canada ..................................................................... 12 8. Arun Kumar Das, Caloriecounts.org, India ......................................................................................................... 12 9. Samuel Adjei-Nsiah, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ghana ....................................... 13 10. Nathaniel Moore, Harbour Publishing Co Ltd, United States of America ......................................... 13 11. Kuruppacharil V. Peter, World Noni Research Foundation, India ....................................................... 14 12. John Howieson, Murdoch University, Australia .......................................................................................... 14 13. Salomeyesudas, Nalla Kerai (Good Greens) Executive Director, India .............................................. 14 14. Robynne Anderson, International Agri Food Network, Canada ........................................................... 15 15. Huseyin Arslan, Global Pulse Confederation, Turkey ............................................................................... 20 16. Gurpreet Singh, Aga Khan rural Support Programme India, India ...................................................... 23 17. Shoba Sivasankar, CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes, India ............................................ 24 18. Bhubaneswor Dhakal, Nepal ............................................................................................................................... 29 19. Emile Houngbo, Agricultural University of Ketou (UAK), Benin .......................................................... 29 20. Dr. Amanullah, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan ..................................................... 31 21. Seyyed Hossien Sabbaghpour, AREEO, Iran ................................................................................................. 31 22. Teordardo Calles, FAO, Italy ................................................................................................................................ 34 23. Germain Grégoire Eloundou Tsanga, Center for Communication and Sustainable Development for ALL (CECOSDA), Cameroon ............................................................................................................ 34 24. Md. Moshfaqur Rahman, Freelance Researcher in Social Sciences, Bangladesh ........................... 38 25. Fouad Maalouf, ICARDA, Lebanon .................................................................................................................... 39 26. Pradip Dey, Indian Society of Soil Salinity and Water Quality, India .................................................. 40 27. Nien Nguyen Van, Plant Resources Center (PRC), Viet Nam .................................................................. 41 28. Ahmad Mahdavi, University of Tehran, Iran ................................................................................................. 41 29. Kadambot Siddique, UN FAO Special Ambassador for the International Year of Pulses 2016 (second contribution) ........................................................................................................................................................... 42 30. Fernanda Grande, FAO, Italy ............................................................................................................................... 42 31. Manoj Kumar Behera, NRMC India, India ...................................................................................................... 43 32. Hagos Mohammedseid Juhar, Mekelle University, Ethiopia .................................................................. 43 Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition www.fao.org/fsnforum 3 Pulses are praised for their health, environmental and economic benefits. How can their full potential be tapped PROCEEDINGS 33. David Bergvinson, Director General of ICRISAT, India ............................................................................. 44 34. Manuel Moya, International Pediatric Association, TAG on Nutrition, Spain ................................. 47 35. Ilse de Jager, Wageningen University, Netherlands ................................................................................... 48 36. Massimo Iannetta, ENEA, Italy ........................................................................................................................... 50 37. Esther Ronner, Wageningen University, Netherlands .............................................................................. 51 38. Dhanya Praveen, Environment Protection Training and Research Institute, Hyderabad, India 52 39. Rattan Lal, Ohio State University, United States of America .................................................................. 52 40. Logan Cochrane, UBC & IDRC, Canada ............................................................................................................ 54 41. Madeleine Smith, The SPRING Project – John Snow International – Research and Training Institute, United States of America.................................................................................................................................. 54 42. Michelle O. Fried, Slow Food, Ecuador ............................................................................................................ 55 43. Georges Bazongo, Tree Aid, Burkina Faso ..................................................................................................... 55 44. Randy Duckworth, Global Pulse Confederatino (CICILS/IPTIC) United Arab Emirates............. 58 45. BK Singh, ICAR-IIVR, India ................................................................................................................................... 61 46. Peter Steele, Independent Consultant Agricultural Engineer, Italy .................................................... 61 47. Teodardo Calles, FAO, Italy .................................................................................................................................. 62 48. Joan Juma, Kenya ...................................................................................................................................................... 62 49. Dr. Amanullah, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan (second contribution) ...... 63 50. Stacia Nordin, www.NeverEndingFood.org, Malawi ................................................................................. 64 51. Mirjana Gurinovic, Serbia ..................................................................................................................................... 64 52. Corina Carranca, INIAV, Portugal ...................................................................................................................... 65 53. Elizabeth Mpofu, Zimbabwe ................................................................................................................................ 67 54. Bhubaneswor Dhakal, Nepal (second contribution) ................................................................................. 68 55. SGAE CIAA, Secrétariat général des affaires européennes, France ..................................................... 69 56. Shehu Muhammad Dandago, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (N2Africa – Borno Project), Nigeria ...................................................................................................................................................................... 72 57. Dr. Amanullah, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan (third contribution) ........... 72 58. Kadambot