Status of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) Cultivation in India - An Overview
P. Karthick Vikram
Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamilnadu Agriculture University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu (625 104), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Chickpea, Export, National trend, State wise trend
Abstract
Chickpea is one of the major components of Indian diet which accounts for nearly 112 lakh tonnes of production during 2018-19. India stands first in the area and production of chickpea among all the chickpea producing countries of the world. It can be attributed to reasons like favourable environment, high yielding seeds, more acceptances among farmers, huge market. In India states like Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan contributes to about more than 50 percent of chickpea production in India. Chickpea accounts for nearly 70 percent of pulse export from India. This paper presents the status of chickpea production from 2009-2019 in India.
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