New York, Feb. 10 -- Across the world, millions of families face hunger driven by conflict, climate shocks, economic instability, and fragile food systems. In these contexts, solutions must be nutritious, affordable, resilient, and locally adaptable. Pulses meet all of these criteria.

Though small in size, pulses have a big role to play in supporting nutrition, food security, and climate resilience around the world, making them a critical food group in the fight against hunger.

Pulses are the dry, edible seeds of plants in the legume family, such as beans, lentils, and chickpeas. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations recognizes 11 types of pulses, including dry beans, lentils, chickpeas, dry peas, cowpeas, pigeon p...