Pulses in India contribute less to global warming
greenhouse gas emission during pulse cultivation in India is much less than in developed countries because of minimal use of nitrogenous fertilizers. India has just got a proof of it.
Pulse crops are known to release nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas, but no one had measured it. Now researchers from the Bhubaneswar-based Institute of Mineral and Materials Technology have measured nitrous oxide emitted per unit area from certain pulse farms in eastern India (India-specific emission factor).