World Pulses Day 2024

• World Pulses Day is celebrated every year to raise awareness about the nutritional and environmental benefits of pulses.

• The theme of World Pulses Day 2024 is "Pulses: Nourishing Soil and People".

• In 2019, 10 February was declared as World Pulses Day by the United Nations General Assembly.

• Burkina Faso proposed this day in the General Assembly. It is a landlocked country in West Africa.

• The United Nations General Assembly declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses.

• Pulses are also called legumes. These are considered global foods. These are grown in almost every country.