An increase of 22.1 percent is expected in chickpea production in Turkey

Dried Chickpea

Turkiye

Published Aug 23, 2022

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Chickpea is preferred by farmers because it is not difficult to grow and can be planted in arid areas in Anatolia. Chickpeas, which can also be consumed green without the seeds drying out, decorate the tables in dried form as a meal, especially in winter. In the 2020/2021 marketing year of chickpea, the domestic usage amount was 509 thousand tons, the per capita consumption was 5.1 kilograms and the qualification rate was 122.3 percent.

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Production is expected to exceed 580,000 tons. While the average chickpea production for the last 5 years reached 567 thousand tons in the country, the average yield was calculated at the level of 116 kilograms per decare. Within the scope of the estimation of the Turkish Statistical Institute, it is predicted that the chickpea production in 2022 will be at the level of 580 thousand tons, with an increase of 22.1 percent compared to the previous year. Last year, 475 thousand tons of chickpea production was realized. Most of the production is in Central Anatolia. Chickpea production in Turkey is concentrated in Ankara, Yozgat, Kırşehir, Konya, Karaman and Çorum. Turkey exported the most chickpeas to Iran with 14 percent last year. Iran was followed by Pakistan and Syria with 8 percent and Iraq with 6 percent. In the January-June period of this year, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Lebanon and Georgia drew attention in exports. In this period, Iraq ranked first in exports with 71 percent, ...

Source: Trthaber