Russian farmers sharply increased the area under chickpeas and lentils in 2024

Published 2024년 8월 16일

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Russian farmers have significantly increased the cultivation area for chickpeas and lentils, reaching a total of 1.57 million hectares, a rise of 610 thousand hectares from the previous record. This expansion is primarily due to good market conditions, including high prices for lentils and chickpeas, which are in greater demand than peas. The primary markets for these crops are countries in South Asia. The harvest for 2023 was 345 thousand tons for lentils and 702.8 thousand tons for chickpeas, and exports have seen a substantial increase. The Agroexport center believes there is potential for further growth in both production and export of these crops. EkoNiva Group, a major supplier of lentils, has been contributing to this growth since 2016.

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This year, Russian farmers have sharply increased the area under such niche leguminous crops as chickpeas and lentils. As Dmitry Rylko, Director General of the Institute for Agricultural Market Studies (IKAR), told Interfax, calculations show that the total area under these crops is about 1.57 million hectares, which is about 610 thousand hectares more than the record figure of last year. According to him, such growth is explained primarily by favorable market conditions. "The prices for lentils and chickpeas last season were much higher than for peas. And this trend continues now," he said. "The price of chickpeas and red lentils is $580-590 per ton (FOB Azov Sea), peas - $295 per ton. Green lentils are even more expensive - more than $900 per ton." This contributes to the growth of exports. The main buyers of Russian chickpeas and lentils are the countries of South Asia, Rylko said. According to Rosstat, in 2023, the Russian Federation harvested 345 thousand tons of lentils ...

Source: Agrovesti