How to creatively celebrate World Pulses Day? A heartbeat of harvests: why the modest pulse is the engine of a global green revolution
A heartbeat of harvests: Why the modest pulse is the engine of a global green revolution | Tina Khatri A heartbeat of harvests: Why the modest pulse is the engine of a global green revolution By TINA KHATRI The silent architecture of global food security is currently being rewritten by the smallest of draught-resistant seeds. As February begins, the international community prepares to observe World Pulses Day, highlighting a category of crops that a food policy analyst described as the "undiscovered nitrogen factories" of the planet. These legumes do not merely provide sustenance; they actively repair the earth they occupy. Experts state that pulses possess the unique biological capacity to convert atmospheric nitrogen into soil nutrients, effectively eliminating the requirement for synthetic chemical fertilisers. In a recent briefing, a sustainability coordinator note...