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Pulses provide environmentally sustainable source of nutrients‐rich food for humans and animals, as summarized in ssss1 (GAP.org 2016). Sustainability of agricultural systems embrace long‐term environmental consequences that transcend short‐term productivity and efficiency objectives. A truly broad‐based construct associated of sustainability promotes the integration of food production practices and social needs. Thus, globally, agriculture sustainability must be considered as a social process besides technological practices and innovations. The production of legumes (dry beans and other pulses) has a rich and diverse history and serves as a global food resource within both industrially developed nations and indigenous populations. Since producing plant‐based foods are by far more environmentally conservative than the animal‐based ones (Gogoi et al. 2018), legumes will continue to play an increasingly major role to meet human food needs. Several elements of agricultural sustainability are clear or inherent in the production of pulses due to the considerably high total calorie and protein contents derived per unit of energy input: