Pulses: The Heroes of Nutrition and Agricultural Sustainability
On October 05, 2016
A joint seminar featuring Dr. Douglas Cook, Director USAID Innovation Lab for Climate-Resilient Chickpea.
Pulses are the edible seeds of plants in the legume family and they represent 12 crops of grain legumes, which include dry beans, dry peas, chickpeas and lentils. The seminar aims to engage the agriculture and nutrition community in celebrating the UN International Year of Pulses and to highlight the role pulses play in nutrition and agriculture sustainability.
In an expert seminar on October 5th, Dr. Douglas Cook, a professor at UC Davis and Director of the USAID Innovation Lab for Climate-Resilient Chickpea, shares his decades of experience on legumes in a discussion covering agriculture, nutrition, delivery systems, and meeting the challenge of linking "upstream" science to develop resilient legumes with "downstream" delivery and adoption by farmers.
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