viii VII. Country status reports RAP Publication 2015/05 Proceedings of the regional consultation on the promotion of pulses in Asia for multiple health benefits Bangkok, Thailand, 29 to 30 June 2015 Compiled and edited by Subash Dasgupta and Indrajit Roy FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS REGIONAL OFFICE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC Bangkok, 2016 i Proceedings of the regional consultation on the promotion of pulses in Asia for multiple health benefits The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. 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Inaugural session ............................................................................................................................... 1 Keynote speech .................................................................................................................................. 2 II. Technical session................................................................................................................................ 7 A. Summary of technical papers ................................................................................................ 7 B. Summary of country reports .................................................................................................. 9 III. Programme........................................................................................................................................... 17 IV. List of participants............................................................................................................................. 21 V. Summary of group discussions.................................................................................................... 25 VI. Country status reports ..................................................................................................................... 29 VII. Technical papers ................................................................................................................................ 163 VIII. Annex ..................................................................................................................................................... 207 iii Proceedings of the regional consultation on the promotion of pulses in Asia for multiple health benefits iv VII. Country status reports Abbreviations ACIAR Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research ADB Asian Development Bank AEC Asean Economic Community AFTA ASEAN Free Trade Area AGLN Asian Grain Legumes Network AVRDC World Vegetable Center BADC Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation BARI Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute BGM botrytis gray mold BINA Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture BOAA beta-oxalyl-amino-alanine BSMARU Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University CAAS Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences CARDI Cambodian Agricultural Research and Development Institute CARS China Agriculture Research System CLAN Cereals and Legumes Asia Network CLIMA Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture (Australia) CLS cercospora leaf spot CRISPRs clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats YMV yellow mosaic virus DAE Department of Agricultural Extension DAP Department of Agricultural Planning DAR Department of Agricultural Research DANIDA Danish International Development Agency DARI Dryland Agricultural Research Institute DHSC Department of Horticulture and Subsidiary (Cambodia) DoA Department of Agriculture DSI drought susceptibility index FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FCRDI Field Crops Research and Development Institute (Sri Lanka) FSN farming systems for nutrition GDA General Directorate of Agriculture (Cambodia) GDP gross domestic product GI glycemic index GMO Genetically Modified Organism HI harvest index IAARD Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development ICAR Indian Council of Agricultural Research ICRISAT Internatioal Crops Research institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics ICARDA International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas v Proceedings of the regional consultation on the promotion of pulses in Asia for multiple health benefits ICM integrated crop management IDF insoluble dietary fibre IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development IGP Indo-Gangetic Plains IITA International Institute of Tropical Agriculture ILETRI Indonesian Legumes and Tuber Crops Research Institute IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPM integrated pest management MAFF Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Cambodia) MAS marker-assisted selection MOA Ministry of Agriculture MOAD Ministry of Agricultural Development (Nepal) MOAI Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (Myanmar) MSSRF M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation MYMV mung bean yellow mosaic virus NAFRI National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (Lao PDR) NARC Nepal Agriculture Research Council NGS next generation sequencing OARD Office of Agricultural Research and Development (Thailand) OPV open pollinated variety PARC Pakistan Agricultural Research Council PAE phosphorus acquisition efficiency PDA Provincial Department of Agronomy QTL quantitative trait loci RDA Rural Development Administration (Korea) RFO raffinose family oligosaccharides RIL recombinant inbred line SPII Seed and Plant Improvement Institute (Iran) TAC total antioxidant capacity TPC total phenolic content TDF total dietary fibre UK United Kongdom UNDP United Nations Development Program UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization WHO World Health Organization WTO World Trade Organization WUE water use efficiency vi Executive summary Executive summary A. Setting To set the stage for activities in observance of the International Year of Pulses 2016, declared by the 68th session of the UN General Assembly, FAO’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, in collaboration with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), organized a regional consultation from 29 to 30 June 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. The theme of the meeting was “Promotion of Pulses for Multiple Benefits in Asia.” A total of 39 participants from 13 countries – Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Lao PDR, Republic of Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand – attended the meeting in addition to FAO officials and senior scientists from ICRISAT and ICARDA. Hiroyuki Konuma, Assistant Director-General, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, in his opening address highlighted the important contribution that pulse crops have made and will continue to make to achieving food and nutrition security for the millions of people living in the Asian region. Konuma stressed that pulses are inextricably linked with the culture, beliefs and economy of the region. Pulses are also an integral part of Asian farming systems with direct involvement of women farmers. Konuma highlighted the relevance and timeliness of the consultation as a backdrop to declaring 2016 the “Year of Pulses” and said collaboration of ICRISAT and ICARDA, both involved in the field of pulses, highlights the importance of working together both regionally and nationally to provide support to the millions of pulse growers in the region. He pointed out that