India is a major producer and consumer of pulses in the world. In the last two decades, India’s pulse economy has … undergone major policy and institutional reforms. These changes are likely to influence India’s trade in pulses and consequently … world pulse trade. This article examines the impact of these reforms on trade, prices and production in India. The article …

India is the largest producer and importer of pulses in the world. Since 1970, the Indian food economy has undergone … demand for pulses in India is warranted. The import demand functions for total pulses, chickpea and lentils were estimated by … GDP, population, urbanisation, exchange rate and relative price are key determinants of import demand for pulses in India. …

Traditionally pulses have been considered important elements of cropping systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plains. They were … fertility. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, a large area under pulses in the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) was substituted by … high- yielding varieties of rice (Oryza sativa) and wheat (Tritium aestivum). Lentil production in India has always been …

for pulses have changed dramatically over the past 30 years. The most marked change has be~n the growth of large … pulses, merging regional marketing agencies into a single national cooperative marketing agency in common, and/or by … packaging, canning and exporting pulses themselves. …

(Vigna umbellata) – an orphan pulse crop in India and Nepal – and at introducing improved ricebean into local and regional … markets. The Ricebean has always been a traditional pulse in India and Nepal. Areas where the ricebean is grown today are …

-wise ranking was used. Gross margins were determined from total inputs and outputs. Results showed that all pulses performed best … poorest across pulses. Beans were highest yielding while green grams were lowest yielding across sites. Cowpeas and green … gross margins despite having the lowest yield. It is concluded that in areas of lowlands and mountains, all the three pulses …