A seat at the table/
The road to Net Zero for agrifood

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has published the first road map to net-zero agrifood systems. Across 10 priority areas, it sets out targets to eradicate hunger while transforming agrifood from a net emitter into a carbon sink by 2050.

Pulse Atlas data in focus/
Ethiopia’s 240% jump in mung bean production year-on-year

Facing another year of severe drought in 2023, Ethiopian agriculture looks for a crop that can bring good yields despite low rainfall. Pulse Atlas data shows that mung beans may be providing the answer.

The Beans is How Coalition/
“Tiny but mighty, charming but disruptive – beans are the future we are hungry for.”

The SDG2 Advocacy Hub launched the Beans is How Coalition at COP27, an ambitious campaign aiming to double global bean consumption by 2028. Willow Shah-Neville speaks to members of the coalition about how they plan to achieve their goals.

‘Nutrition by stealth’, affordability and cultural nuances/
Battling global malnutrition and hunger with beans

Luke Wilkinson talks with Thoric Cederstrom about his career in humanitarian response, the power of price, and how reducing cooking time will make beans a better bet for food aid.

Reimagining agriculture to address food insecurity/
Regeneration, agroecology and open dialogue

To address growing food insecurity, improvement of farming systems is necessary. Madaline Dunn investigates the different models being explored and finds out why farmers must have a seat at the table.

GPC Coverage/
UN FAO World Pulses Day

February 10, 2022 marked the 4th annual World Pulses Day and the UN FAO held a 2-hour webinar in which both key industry players from worldwide organizations and young influencers bringing about positive change at a global level were invited to speak.

World Pulses Day/
Pulses are life

Produce More. Eat More. Live More.

Hakan Bahceci/
A Farewell to a Pulse Industry Giant

The global pulse industry mourns the sudden passing of former GPC President and Hakan Agro founder and chairman Hakan Bahceci.

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By Boubaker Ben-Belhassen, Trade and Markets Division, Un Food & Agriculture Organization (Fao)

Committee on World Food Security/
The Hot Topics of the Un and Other Global Agencies Engaged in Food

By Joanna Kane-Potaka Director, External Relations and Strategic Marketing ICRISAT – International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

Food & Nutrition Security/
Meeta Mathur on Promoting Kitchen Gardens

By Meeta Mathur Head of Health and Nutrition Department, Fight Hunger Foundation

UN FAO Meeting July 5, 2017/
Statement from Brazil

BRAZILIAN Statement on Subitem 18.8: World Pulses Day

Bhami Vora/
Eradicating Malnutrition with a Magic Pulse “Soyabean”

Lupins for a longer life/
Skinnybik's Dr. Antigone Kouris on the health benefits of lupins

Madaline Dunn spoke to Skinnybik's founder Dr. Antigone Kouris to hear what she's learned about pulses from 30 years working as a dietitian and academic and her passion for promoting lupins in the food industry.

Trade Talk/
G. Chandrashekhar on the Global Hunger Pandemic

COVID-19 and the Black Sea Region’s Pulse Trade/
An Interview with Denis Plenkin of Agropa Trading

The CEO of a leading brokerage firm dealing in pulses from the Black Sea region weighs in on what to expect in 2020-21.