Organized as one of 10 ‘Signature Events' of the 2016 International Year of Pulses (IYP 2016), the “PulsCon2016” international conference will provide a forum for researchers, policy makers, extension workers, traders and entrepreneurs to discuss various strategies for nutritional security and environmental sustainability through pulse crops, and to draft a road map for increasing the productivity and profitability of pulses. The themes to be addressed include: global trade, marketing and policy issues in pulses production and consumption; genetic enhancement; production and biotic stress management; secondary agriculture initiatives, including nutrition and health, biofortification, and processing and value addition; and participatory technology development and adoption. The conference is co-convened by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and its national research partners, in partnership with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), the International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) of the CGIAR Consortium, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO).
dates: 12-14 November 2016
location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
contact: Conference Secretariat, Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur
e-mail: secretary.isprd@gmail.com
www: http://www.fao.org/pulses-2016/events/detail/en/c/381790/
http://www.icar.org.in/files/PulsCon2016-IIPR-22-09-2015.pdf