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Introduction [In Pulses for nutrition in India: Changing patterns from farm to fork]

The remainder of this chapter presents some facts that form the background motivation for this book: the production and consumption patterns of India’s pulse sector, the global context of trade in pulses and the position of India therein, the nutritional and environmental characteristics that make p...

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Main Authors: Roy, Devesh, Joshi, Pramod Kumar, Chandra, Raj
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2017
Subjects:
low income groups
minimum prices
agricultural production
dietary patterns
grain legumes
agricultural policies
inflation
green revolution
vegetarianism
malnutrition
nutrition
famine
agricultural development
food security
food prices
diet
poverty
international trade
feeding preferences
farming systems
climate change
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147908
Summary:The remainder of this chapter presents some facts that form the background motivation for this book: the production and consumption patterns of India’s pulse sector, the global context of trade in pulses and the position of India therein, the nutritional and environmental characteristics that make pulses a salient crop in meeting human needs, and the different initiatives for the pulses sector taken up by the government of India.

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