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 …

In the present paper time series data from 1976 to 2010 on the price, area, yield and production of major pulses (gram …, yield, production and prices. Own price flexibility and cross price flexibility between gram, masoor (winter pulses) and … mash and mung (summer pulses) was analyzed to measure the impact of production on cross prices. Growth rate of prices for …

India is largest producer and consumer of Pulses. Pulses are a major source of protein for an overwhelming number of … rise in future. With the rise in demand, prices rise; Government of India allows import of pulses from time to time to … Indians. Thus the availability and prices of pulses have an important bearing on the health and well-being of the people. As …