IPGA webinar highlights desi and Kabuli chickpeas’ trade and value chain

India Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA), the nodal body for India’s pulses trade and industry, hosted the Knowledge Series webinar on Desi and Kabuli Chickpeas with over 850 participants from across 25 countries. The webinar extensively covered topics like chickpeas production: India and other major origins, NAFED’s procurement, stock and selling policies, implications of free distribution of chana under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY), global and Indian price outlook of chickpeas, chana supply and demand trends, India’s import policy and tariff, Kabuli chana – production and exports. Delivering his opening remarks, Bimal Kothari, Vice Chairman, IPGA said, “The recently introduced agriculture market reforms have enthused all the agri-commodities value chain participants. The government’s progressive steps to encourage contract farming, developing private markets in addition to the Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs), EC Act amendments will boost the morale ...