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Title	Chickpea: A Preferred Pulse?

Creator	Kelley, T G Rao, P P

Subject	Chickpea

Description	The per caput availability of pulses in India has declined by about 1.2% since 1970. This is almost exclusively because of chickpea, the major pulse food crop in India, which registered a decline of 33% in per caput availability. As a result of limited supplies, chickpea prices have risen. Over the 1970-90 period, prices of chickpea rose by 1.9% per year, whilst those for pigeonpea, mung bean and lentil rose by 1.1%, 0.9% and 0.8% per year respectively. The latter three crops were able to maintain their production over this period, which indicates that there is a greater capacity to increase supplies of these pulses. As chickpea prices have risen, consumers have substituted other pulses, and chickpea prices have adjusted downwards in consequence. Introduction of new production technology for chickpea could increase productivity and bring down prices, which would improve its competitive position on the domestic market.

Publisher	International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Andhra Pradesh, India

Date	1993

Type	Article PeerReviewed

Format	application/pdf

Language	en

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Identifier	http://oar.icrisat.org/2775/1/ICN28%25286-7%25291993.pdf Kelley, T G and Rao, P P (1993) Chickpea: A Preferred Pulse? International Chickpea and Pigeonpea Newsletter, 28. pp. 6-7. ISSN 1023-4861

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