{"id":131687,"date":"2022-02-16T07:15:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T07:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=131687"},"modified":"2022-02-16T08:34:14","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T08:34:14","slug":"world-pulses-day-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/world-pulses-day-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"World Pulses Day 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question : which country is largest producer of pulses ?<\/strong><br>a) India<br>b) Japan<br>c) Australia<br>d) USA<br><strong>Ans :a<br>Related Facts :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>World Pulses Day is celebrated on February 10 every year and recognised Pulses as a global food.<\/li><li>Pulses, also known as legumes, are the edible seeds of leguminous plants cultivated for food. Dried beans, lentils, and peas are the most commonly known and consumed types of pulses.<\/li><li>Also excluded are those crops used mainly for oil extraction (e.g. soybean and groundnuts) and leguminous crops that are used exclusively for sowing purposes (e.g. seeds of clover and alfalfa).<\/li><li>Pulses do not include crops that are harvested green (e.g. green peas, green beans)\u2014these are classified as vegetable crops.<\/li><li>The UN General Assembly in 2019 decided to dedicate a day to Pulses to increase awareness and access to pulses globally known as World Pulses Day<\/li><li>Important facts :<\/li><li>Pulses are low in fat and rich in soluble fiber, which can lower cholesterol and help in the control of blood sugar.<\/li><li>Because of these qualities they are recommended by health organizations for the management of non-communicable diseases like diabetes and heart conditions.<\/li><li>Pulses have also been shown to help combat obesity.<\/li><li>The nitrogen-fixing properties of pulses improve soil fertility, which increases and extends the productivity of the farmland<\/li><li>By using pulses for intercropping and cover crops, farmers can also promote farm biodiversity and soil biodiversity, while keeping harmful pests and diseases at bay.<\/li><li>pulses can contribute to climate change mitigation by reducing dependence on the synthetic fertilizers used to introduce nitrogen artificially into the soil.<\/li><li>Greenhouse gases are released during the manufacturing and application of these fertilizers, and their overuse can be detrimental to the environment.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Pawan Mishra<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links :<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/observances\/world-pulses-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/observances\/world-pulses-day<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question : which country is largest producer of pulses ?a) Indiab) Japanc) Australiad) USAAns :aRelated Facts : World Pulses Day is celebrated on February 10 every year and recognised Pulses as a global food. Pulses, also known as legumes, are the edible seeds of leguminous plants cultivated for food. Dried beans, lentils, and peas are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1141],"tags":[6870],"class_list":["post-131687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ydw-snews","tag-year-day-week-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131687"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131688,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131687\/revisions\/131688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}