The United States is not going to help address what some believe is a looming global kabuli chickpea shortage.
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U.S. farmers plan to seed 340,500 acres of the crop, a four percent drop from the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s March Prospective Plantings report. A much bigger increase is needed from all exporting nations, according to a Global Pulse Confederation news release. World supplies are under pressure from poor crops in India and Mexico. That is expected to result in a shortage of the crop over the next six months. A hot and dry spell in December “wiped out” prospects for a bumper crop in India, because of a 30 percent increase in planted area. As a result, the global supply chain is short about 100,000 tonnes of product. That is putting upward pressure on world prices, according to the news release. All eyes are on Russia, Canada, the U.S. and Turkey. “Even if all these origins increase the planted area by 30 percent, I still foresee a shortage for the next six months, especially of the large caliber sizes,” Navneet Chhabra, director of Global ...
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