January 28, 2025
Speedy new seeds, logistics bottlenecks and intricacies in border trade forged a new source of Tur for the Indian market. While continued demand is not guaranteed, the next chapter might still surprise us.
The M-PESA seed, harvested twice a year and maturing in four months, is named after a local money transfer service for its quick financial returns.
In October 2024, the CGIAR estimated annual Kenyan pigeon pea production at 107,117 MT, taking an average of the last three years. The lentil-like pulse is consumed widely in the country, a fact which may have limited exports in the past. Another key obstacle to expanding exports was a lack of a market. Then, last year, India removed restrictions on non-LDC (Least Developed Country) countries, giving Kenyan traders a green light to use the trade route that many of its LDC neighbours – Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi – had been taking advantage of for many years previously.
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Kenyan pigeon peas / India pulse imports / Tanzania border trade / M-PESA pigeon pea seeds / Indian duty-free imports / CGIAR crop research
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