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type: book
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creators_name: Pandey, P R
creators_name: Gaur, P M
creators_name: Sajja, S B
icrisatcreators_name: Gaur, P M
icrisatcreators_name: Sajja, S B
affiliation: SAARC Agriculture Centre, Dhaka
affiliation: ICRISAT (Patancheru)
country: Bangladesh
country: India
title: Pulses Value Chain Development for Achieving Food and Nutrition Security
in South Asia: Current Status and Future Prospects
ispublished: pub
subjects: SA1
subjects: s2.17
subjects: s26
subjects: v1
divisions: CRPS2
full_text_status: public
keywords: Nutrition, SDGs, Pulses, Value chain, Constraints and diversification
note: We thank the authors of SAARC countries as well as experts from National and
International institutions in South Asia. This paper is primarily based on their
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papers and presentations during the SAARC Regional Consultation Meeting on
Pulses Value Chain Development for achieving Food and Nutrition Security in
South Asia from 17 to 19 April 2019 in ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India. We are
equally indebted to SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC), Dhaka, Bangladesh and
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi- Arid Tropics (ICRISAT),
Hyderabad, India for their support and facilitation to successfully conduct the
consultation meeting as well as published the book.
abstract: Pulses are important crops in the cropping systems of several developing countries in
Asia, Africa, and Latin America. In South Asia, pulses account for 15% of the cropped
area and are grown mainly on less fertile and marginal lands as intercrops with
cereals and oilseeds. Besides being environmentally friendly (by fixing soil nitrogen),
pulses contribute towards food security, and more importantly nutrition security,
particularly for low-income consumers. South Asia accounts for 24% of global pulse
production with India accounting for 90% of the production. However, since the
seventies per capita pulse consumption has been declining in South Asia, although
since 2008 it started trending up at a slow pace. To meet the growing deficit of pulses
its global trade increased rapidly from 7.2 million tonnes in 2000 to 17 million tonnes
in 2016. To meet the export demand, pulse production diversified, with developed
countries emerging as the main exporters while developing countries were the main
importers. The exceptions were South Eastern Asia (Myanmar) and Eastern Africa,
which also emerged as important exporters. South Asia accounted for 49% of global
pulse imports in 2016 with India accounting for two thirds of the imports to the region.
Severe crisis of pulses in the recent past led to the path-breaking policy interventions in
South Asia, especially in India viz., increasing availability of quality seeds,
enhancement in minimum support price (MSP), assured procurement by government
agencies and maintenance of buffer stock of pulses. These interventions attracted
farmers towards growing pulses and played a key role in increasing the pulses
production. In general, Chickpea, Pigeonpea, Green gram (mungbean) Black gram
(urdbean), Lentil, Grass pea, and Soybean fall under the pulses group in South Asia.
Due to the gap between supply and demand for pulses conumption, the price of pulses
increased sharply over the years leading to import of pulses to fulfill the local
requirement. A higher consumer demand was observed for the imported products
mainly due to the quality and low price. Though pulses are low input crops, cost of
production and gross return of pulses have shown an increasing trend over the past.
The importance of mechanization in pulse crops is highly emphasized to reduce the cost
of production. Productivity constraints of insect pests and diseases in the field and
storage conditions are perceived as being very important. Most of the South Asian
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countries are placing high priority on modernization of agricultural practices,
improvement of productivity and competitiveness in marketing in domestic and
international markets while enhancing the value addition and product diversification to
generate new income and viable employment opportunities.
date: 2019-09
date_type: published
publisher: SAARC Agriculture Centre
place_of_pub: Dhaka, Bangladesh
pages: 181
refereed: TRUE
isbn: 978-984-34-7258-8
editors_name: Pandey, P R
editors_name: Gaur, P M
editors_name: Sajja, S B
citation:   Pandey, P R and Gaur, P M and Sajja, S B  (2019) Pulses Value Chain Development for Achieving Food and Nutrition Security in South Asia: Current Status and Future Prospects.    SAARC Agriculture Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh.  ISBN 978-984-34-7258-8     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/11707/1/Pandey%20and%20et.%20al._Pulses%20Value%20Chain%20Development%20in%20South%20Asia.pdf