India is set to target 354.64 million tonnes of foodgrain production in the 2025-26 crop year, starting in July, due to better monsoon rains. The country’s foodgrain production has already reached 330.92 million tonnes in the Kharif and Rabi seasons of the current 2024-25 crop year. The summer season (zaid), sown between February and June,…
India’s pulses imports reached a record 66.33 lakh tonnes in 2024, nearly doubling from the previous year. The surge was primarily driven by increased yellow pea imports, which were allowed duty-free to address a shortfall in domestic chana production. Tur and urad imports also reached all-time highs, accounting for 25% of India’s total pulses consumption….
The Indian pulses industry has reiterated its call for the importation of yellow peas into the nation amid forecasts of a moderate El Nino, which is projected to cause decreased rainfall. At a conference held on Wednesday to review the availability and supply of pulses in the nation, the trade group India Pulses and Grains…
