PULSES & BEYOND CEM BOGUSOGLU SWISS AEGEAN
said, most chickpeas were sown later so they weren’t as affected as the yellow peas. I’d say the chickpea plantation has been more impacted by drought. I heard some farmers tried to reseed some of the damaged yellow pea areas to chickpeas but this had the disadvantage of missing the ideal planting window. Are there attempts being made to provide more structure and clarity to the Russian pulses industry? Yes, they have a good tradition of seed technology, for example. They are always trying new seeds and making hybrids that are more climate- and insect- tolerant. The farmers like experimenting, they often keep small parts of their fields for trying new seeds. The growth of the pulses industry in the Black Sea region has been impressive. The pulses market is very dynamic. Yellow peas are becoming more of an industrial crop: we
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