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Potential for Expansion of Chickpea in the Barind Region of Bangladesh

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Title Potential for Expansion of Chickpea in the Barind Region of Bangladesh
 
Creator Kumar, J
Rahman, M
Musa, M A
Islam, S
 
Subject Chickpea
 
Description Pulses are important both as components of human diet
and as part of the rainfed agriculture cropping system of
Bangladesh. The present diet availability of only 12 g per
capita per day is rather low. The area under pulses is
declining with the expansion of irrigated facilities that
encourage the cuI tivation of such crops as rice and wheat.
Chickpea is presently the third most important pulse crop
in Bangladesh. Currently most of the chickpea areas are
confined to five districts; Faridpur, Jessore, Kustia,
Pabna, ana Rajshahi (Khaleque et a1. 1991). The crop is
usually cu1tivated on the clay-loam or clay soils of the
Gangetic calcarious flood plain areas.
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Andhra Pradesh, India
 
Date 1994
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/3676/1/Research_reports_Chickpea_Pigeonpea_1994.pdf
Kumar, J and Rahman, M and Musa, M A and Islam, S (1994) Potential for Expansion of Chickpea in the Barind Region of Bangladesh. International Chickpea and Pigeonpea Newsletter (1). pp. 11-13. ISSN 1023-4861