International Year of Pulses

Logo of International Year of Pulses 2016
Logo of International Year of Pulses 2016

2016 was declared as the International Year of Pulses by the sixty eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly on December 20, 2013.[1] The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has been nominated to declare a year for pulses, more commonly known as legumes.[2][3]

  1. ^ "United Nations Observances: International Years". United Nations. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
  2. ^ "United Nations Proclaims 2016 as "International Year of Pulses"". Global Pulse Confederation. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
  3. ^ The 68th UN General Assembly declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses (IYP) (A/RES/68/231)

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