Question

role of pulses in lowering water and carbon footprints

Answer 1

Pulses have low water foot prints. Water footprints for beef is 43 times higher than pulses.Pulses etract water from a shallower depth, leaving more water deep in the soil for the following year’s crop. It also has low carbon footprints. Study shows 1 kg pulses only emits 0.5kg of CO2  whereas I kg beef produces 9.5 kg of CO2