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Profitable Value Chain Development in Pulse Crops for Achieving Food and Nutrition Security and Contributing to Sdgs: Present Status, Challenges and Way Forward in Bangladesh

Md. Aktar Uz Zaman
Senior Scientific Officer
Pulses Research Centre, BARI, Ishurdi, Pabna

Rokunuzzaman
Scientific Officer
Pulsese Research Centre

Md. Rafiqul Islam
Senior Scientific Officer
Regional Agricultural Research Station, BARI, Ishurdi, Pabna

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Pulses are valuable eco-friendly crops grown across continents for food, feed and sustainable farming systems. They contain essential nutrients required to maintain human and animal health and contribute to soil health maintenance. Pulses production, processing and value-added products are directly associated with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Therefore, the development of value chain activities is equally important as the production of crops, which are contributed to national nutritional and food security. This paper highlights the area, production and value chain development process of major pulses in Bangladesh to emphasize their significant contribution to national nutritional and food security and Bangladesh economy.

Keywords: Nutrition, SDGs, Pulses, Value chain

Location: Pulses Research Centre, BARI, Ishurdi, Pabna

Start Date: 01-04-2019

End Date: 19-04-2019

Program Area: Food Safety and Security

Commodity: Nutrition

Objectives:

The strategies outlined to increase the pulse production as well as value-added products of pulse crops for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) might be an excellent option to ensure the national nutritional food security in Bangladesh.

Methodology:

The book chaper was prepared based on the secondary informatiosns.

Source of Information: Pandey, PR., Gaur, PM and Sajja, SB. (eds.). 2019. Pulses Value Chain Development for Achieving Food and Nutrition Security in South Asia: Current Status and Future Prospectes. SAARC Agriculture Centre, p. 181.

Article Link (Online Journal): http://www.sac.org.bd/archives/publications/Pulses%20Value%20Chain%20Development.pdf

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Achievement/Findings:

Pulses are important food crops for human, animal and soil health improvement. Increasing pulses area, production, and development of value-added products of pulses are equally important for achieving SDGs as well as nutritional food security, and also ensuring a healthy population in Bangladesh. Commercial production of value added products of pulses in Bangladesh is new approach as well as very limited in the private sector but totally scarce in Public sector. Simultaneously, nutritional status and utilization of value added products of pulses are also unknown in mass people of Bangladesh. Therefore, Research and Development, extension, policy and marketing chain should be strengthened in an integrated way for achieving the target oriented goals at the national level for increasing the utilization of pulses and pulses value-added products owning to ensuring a healthy nation.

Knowledge Management: Report/Proceedings, Book