DESCRIPTION

Chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.) is a unique cultivated species in the genus Cicer. It is an annual, self-pollinated crop adapted to post-rainy season either in spring sowing
or summer-dominant rainfall regions. It has been a food crop since ancient times in the Mediterranean basin from where it was dispersed to the Indian subcontinent becoming a basic constituent of Asian diets. Nowadays, it is grown all over the five continents in around 50 countries, with 90 % of its cultivated area (around 13 Å~ 106 ha) in developing countries. India ranks
first in the world in respect of cultivated area (68.5 %) followed by Pakistan (8.7 %)

World Production

• Worldwide 14,246,295 tonnes of chickpea is produced per year.
• India is the largest chickpea producer in the world with 9,937,990 tonnes production per year.
• India produces alone more than 60 % of world’s chickpea.
• Turkey comes second with 630,000 tonnes yearly production.
• With 506,166 tonnes of production per year, Russian Federation is the third largest producer of chickpea.
• United States of America, with 282,910 tonnes of production per year is ranked at 7.

World Chickpea Production by Country

	Country	Production (Tons)	Production per Person (Kg)	Acreage (Hectare)	Yield (Kg / Hectare)
	India	9,937,990	7.436	9,547,030	1,041
	Turkey	630,000	7.796	517,785	1,216.7
	Russian Federation	506,166	3.446	551,663	917.5
	Myanmar	499,438	9.272	379,607	1,315.7
	Pakistan	446,584	2.212	943,058	473.5
	Ethiopia	435,193	4.047	208,838	2,083.9
	United States of America	282,910	0.863	163,490	1,730.4
	Australia	281,200	11.226	263,000	1,069.2
	Canada	251,500	6.758	155,800	1,614.2
	Mexico	202,846	1.626	95,818	2,117
	Iran	200,679	2.455	456,404	439.7
	Argentina	137,244	3.085	68,424	2,005.8