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Pulses Price Report/
Members-Only Access

We offer all our members a weekly update on the latest pulse prices for red and green lentils, yellow peas, desi & kabuli chickpeas, green peas, black matpe, and pigeon peas.

Argentinian bean seeding/
Commodities could make gains in up-for-grabs acres

We sat down with Ivan Martin of Alimar to get an update ahead of the Argentinian bean seedings. He discussed the conditions ahead of the harvest, a bad year for black beans, and why commodity prices could see alubias lose ground.

Policy & sustainability roundup/
January 2026

Last month highlighted key pulses initiatives amid growing emphasis on sustainable food systems, with campaigns promoting consumption and policies addressing nutrition and safety. Read on to get the full down-low.

The world looks closer at pulses/
World Pulses Day 2026 celebrations

Institutions, private companies and communities came together as WPD 2026 marked ten years since the International Year of Pulses, underscoring how far pulses have moved on the global food agenda. Through its “Look Closer” campaign, the Global Pulse Confederation encouraged consumers to rethink everyday food choices, while activities across regions highlighted pulses’ expanding role in nutrition, sustainability and food security.

NAFED holds 1.59 million tonnes of pulses/
Stocks are below buffer levels as procurement continues into 2025–26

Arrivals are progressing into the next marketing season, with procurement continuing across pulse categories and origins. Procurement spans domestic MSP buying and imports, while market prices across most pulse categories remain soft — a backdrop against which the new cycle is taking shape.

Pulse Atlas in focus/
Egypt’s ever-expanding alubias

Year after year in the 2020s, Egypt has boosted its alubia production, climbing to the top of the global export charts. The GPC’s Pulse Atlas tells this story of agricultural expansion — the country’s journey to white bean dominance revealed in the data. A full Pulse Atlas update with export, consumption, and production figures from Egypt will be available for GPC members soon. Here’s a sneak peek at the dataset.