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In addition, numerous other countries through their international development agencies emphasize and support similar research programs on beans and pulses improvement. Selected such agencies include: Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), International Development Research Centre (IDRC, Canada), German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), and Department for International Development (DFID, United Kingdom).

The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) endeavored to make people more aware of the nutritional value of pulses, of their contribution to sustainability, and more reliable food by declaring 2016 as the International Year of Pulses (IYP 2016). This declaration intends to facilitate cooperation within food production systems to better use protein in pulses. The IYP 2016 aimed to heighten public awareness of the nutritional benefits of pulses as part of sustainable food production aimed towards food security and nutrition (ssss1).