Nedumaran, S and Abinaya, P and Jyosthnaa, P and Shraavya, B and Rao, P and Bantilan, C (2015) Grain Legumes Production, Consumption and Trade Trends in Developing Countries; Working Paper Series No. 60. Working Paper. ICRISAT, Patancheru, Telangana, India.
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This work was undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes led by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). Funding support for this study was provided by the the CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes (GL); and CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM). Financial support by CRPs Grain Legumes and Policies, Institutions and Markets are gratefully acknowledged. This working paper has gone through the standard peer-review procedure of ICRISAT. The authors would like to thank Drs Alene Arega, IITA; Ousmane coulibaly, IITA; Ernid Katungi, CIAT; Jupiter Ndjeunga, ICRISAT; Kai Mausch, ICRISAT; and Romeo Mensah, ICRISAT for their valuable comments. We also acknowledge the valuable assistance of the ICRISAT editing team.
Abstract
Grain legumes play an important nutritional role in the diet of millions of people in the developing countries and are thus sometimes referred to as the poor man’s meat. Since legumes are vital sources of protein, calcium, iron, phosphorus and other minerals, they form a significant part of the diet of vegetarians since the other food items they consume don’t contain much protein (Latham, 1997). Legumes are multipurpose crops and are consumed either directly as food or in various processed forms or as feed in many farming systems (Gowda et al., 1997). The legume crops are often grown as rotation crops with cereals because of their role in nitrogen fixation. However, over the past few decades, the yields and production of legume crops have been stagnant in the developing countries. Agricultural research and development efforts in many of these countries have concentrated on increasing cereal yields and production and lowering crop losses in order to achieve food security. Due to the diverse roles played by grain legume crops in farming systems and nutritional security, the research on legume crops will have significant impacts on nutritional security and soil fertility, especially in the developing countries...
| Item Type: | Monograph (Working Paper) |
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| Divisions: | RP-Market Institutions and Policies |
| CRP: | CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) |
| Series Name: | Working Paper Series No. 60 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Grain Legumes Production, Grain Legumes, Consumption, Trade, Developing Countries, Legume Crops |
| Subjects: | Mandate crops > Chickpea Mandate crops > Pigeonpea Mandate crops > Groundnut |
| Depositing User: | Mr Ramesh K |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Sep 2015 08:34 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2015 08:34 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/8991 |
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