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Panelists see increasing competition on chickpeas sale in the global market
“THE KNOWLEDGE SERIES WEBINAR ON DESI AND KABULI CHICKPEAS” was conducted on August 20, 2020, by India Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA), the nodal body for India’s pulses trade and industry with over 850 participants from 25 countries.
The webinar extensively covered topics like Chickpeas Production: India and other major origins, NAFED’s Procurement, Stock and Selling Policies, Implications of free distribution of Chana under PMGKY scheme, Global and Indian price outlook of Chickpeas, Chana supply and demand trends, India’s import policy and tariff, Kabuli Chana – Production and exports. On the panel were industry stalwarts, domain experts and international speakers. Dr N P Singh, Director, Indian Institute of Pulses Research said chickpeas have played a key role in the realization of the pulses revolution in India.
Sunil Kumar Singh, Additional Managing Director, NAFED said chickpeas will take the center-stage from the production and consumption side. G Chandrashekhar, Economist and Agri-business specialist spoke about the interesting competition brewing between Australia and Russia on the global chickpeas platform. Sunil Sawla, Hon. Secretary, IPGA in his concluding remarks said the webinar was helpful to understand the increase in the local market prices of both desi chickpeas as well as Kabulis.
