Trends in Area, Production, Productivity and Trade of Chick Pea in India

Abstract

Chick pea is an important pulse crop and steady source of human nutrition, as it is an important component of production systems that are resilient to climate change. Asia and Africa contribute around 80 per cent of world production. India is a leader of production and consumption of chick pea as growing it is cost effective option for developing countries but yield of chick pea is comparatively low due to poor spread of improved varieties and technologies. In this study, growth trend of area, production and productivity of chick pea was estimated. The contribution of area and productivity in the production growth were also estimated and it was found that the contribution of area in production was high. Demand and supply gap of chick pea has been increased, so India has become the major importer of chick pea. Thus, to enhance domestic chick pea production and productivity generation and dissemination of technologies is a matter of great challenge and favorable policy measures are to requisite.