More than 50% drop in India’s pulse buffer stock/
Will procurement efforts be enough to stabilize the market?

With Rabi crops boosting chickpea and lentil production, the government’s procurement strategy will be key to replenishing buffer stocks and stabilizing supply—and prices.

India Kharif sowing update/
Karnataka to have bumper crop if good weather continues

In an update from Igrain India, Rahul Chauhan discusses planting numbers in the South Indian state of Karnataka and the prospect of a much improved Kharif crop.

Pulses 24/
Green & Brown Lentils panel

Shorter pigeon pea supplies have driven up green lentil prices in North America, how will this affect seeding in 2024? Are France and Spain still looking at downward trends in production? How is demand from India following on from the rabi harvest? Explore these topics and more with the Green & Brown Lentils panel.

Pulses 24/
Pigeon Peas panel

Has India’s rabi production been enough to take some of the pressure off pigeon pea supplies? How is pigeon pea planting expected to pan out in East Africa? Will Myanmar’s production of black matpe stay at the highs of the past two years? Explore these topics and more with the Pigeon Peas Panel.

Pulses 24/
Desi Chickpeas panel

What impact will a shorter Aussie crop have on imports to South Asia? What is India’s import need following the rabi harvest? What are the sowing intentions in Tanzania for 2024? Explore these topics and more with the Desi Chickpeas Panel.

AgPulse Analytica Market Update/
Will India produce a record lentil crop in 2024?

Gaurav Jain looks at trends in India’s lentil production and the influence of acreage and MSP in the context of the possibility of record production in 2024.

Right time, right place/
Why the trade context is optimal for GPC Pulses 24 convention in February

There’s never been a better time to attend the pulse industry’s #1 global event - not in small part because of its location in India. Looking at the trade situation, we explain why.

IPGA Knowledge Series webinar coverage/
Rabi Pulses Sowing Scenario and Tur Outlook 2023-24

Pulse Industry Dynamics Unveiled: Challenges, Collaborations, and Future Initiatives. IPGA's Webinar Delivers Key Insights for Sustainable Growth, read the coverage for more insights.

GPC India Roundtable/
Get exclusive market insights and ask questions live!

Join us for the GPC India Roundtable, a dynamic discussion featuring experts from across the country. Learn more about Kharif crop size and quality, domestic pricing projections, supply and demand situation… and other interesting topics!

GPC Coverage/
UN FAO World Pulses Day

February 10, 2022 marked the 4th annual World Pulses Day and the UN FAO held a 2-hour webinar in which both key industry players from worldwide organizations and young influencers bringing about positive change at a global level were invited to speak.

Market Update/
India's Mung Market, January 24-29 2022

IGrain’s Rahul Chauhan provides information on pricing and current inventories, as well as import figures and news from domestic and international markets.

GPC Coverage/
IPGA Knowledge Series - Rabi Outlook & Kharif Production 2022

On January 28, 2022, the IPGA gave its first webinar of the year with an outlook on the Rabi 21/22 season.

Market Update/
An Early Look at India’s 2021 Rabi Chickpea and Lentil Crops

With harvest at about the mid-point, the GPC checks in with industry sources on the ground.

Trade Talk/
An Interview with IPGA Vice-Chairman Bimal Kothari

The senior IPGA member discusses the association’s five-year exim policy, which calls for “unrestricted imports and exports with a rider”.

Market Update/
India’s Chana (Gram) Market, November 23–28, 2020

IGrain’s Rahul Chauhan provides information on pricing and current inventories, as well as import figures and news from domestic and international markets.

Market Update/
India’s Mung Market November 9-13, 2021

IGrain’s Rahul Chauhan provides information on pricing and current inventories, as well as import figures and news from domestic and international markets.

GPC Pulses 2.0/
Desi Chickpeas Panel

India hiked the minimum support price for chickpeas by 4.7%. How might this impact rabi season sowing?

GPC Coverage/
IPGA Knowledge Series - Desi and Kabuli Chickpeas

The second edition of this webinar series examines the chickpea outlook for India, Australia, Africa and Russia.

Global Garbanzo’s Chickpea Update/
India Rabi Sowing

Lower grower prices saw fewer chickpeas seeded this rabi season.

Market Update/
India’s Rabi Seeding

Planting progress for the major rabi pulse crops is ahead of last rabi season’s pace.

Market Update/
In India, Policy Uncertainty Grips Pulse Trade

By G. Chandrashekhar, Global Agribusiness and Commodities Market Specialist

2017 Vancouver convention/
Ron Storey, Chair of Pulse Australia, shares his impressions

Market Update/
North America Pulse Prospects

By Brian Clancey Editor, Stat Pub

Market Update/
India’s Policy Intervention Upsets Global Pulse Market

By G. Chandrashekhar

Market Update/
Indian Government Extends Methyl Bromide Fumigation Facility at Destination till December 31, 2017

By G. Chandrashekhar

Market Update/
Brian Clancey gives an outlook on Indian pulses

By Brian Clancey STAT Publications

Market Update/
Huge Crop and Policy Uncertainty Weigh Pulse Market Down

By G. Chandrashekhar

It Is Growers’ Turn to Complain/
Prices in India Dip Below Support Levels

By G. Chandrashekhar

India is facing a year of contrasts/
“The coming months promise to be anything but ordinary”

India’s 2025 season tells a complex tale of weather disruptions, shifting farmer choices, policy signals and cautious market sentiment. Harsha Rai of Mayur Global sets the strategic scene for the six months ahead, when the country’s decisions on when and how much to import can redraw trade flows — overnight.

Monsoon hopes, inflation battles, and why India will need a bigger desi buffer/
What to expect from Indian pulses in 2025

We sat down for a chat with Harsha Rai of Mayur Global to talk imports, chickpea prices, and get a big picture view of Indian pulses.

Turkish lentils survive drought scare and the potential of a new Syria/
An update on Turkish pulses in 2025

Mehmet Sonmez of Armada Foods shares an outlook on the Turkish pulse market ahead of its upcoming lentil harvest. He talks us through changes to trade dynamics, hopes for the harvest, and whether Turkish traders will benefit from regime change in neighbouring Syria.

“It will make sense for Brazil to continue working with India”/
G. Chandrashekar on Indian production and imports

Agribusiness journalist and policy expert, G. Chandrashekar, sheds light on India’s rabi season prospects, the potential for Brazilian partnerships, and critical reforms to revive Indian pulse production

Rabi crop and Canadian planting trade survey/
See the results of GPC’s market sentiment poll

We anonymously surveyed members of the trade to get the market sentiment on lentil and gram crops in India and pea and lentil acres in Canada.

Looking ahead to India’s rabi crop/
“The next three months are crucial - pulses will see significant volatility”

Harsha Rai, owner of Mayur Global, on the pigeon pea harvest, how the General Election could impact the pulse market and how millers in India are overcoming higher prices and short supply.

Saurabh Bartia zooms in on market dynamics/
“Global lentil supply is reduced and India’s demand is up 400 KMT”

15 years in the pulses trade means GPC Board member Saurabh Bhartia knows a few things about pulse market dynamics. He discusses India’s pulses scenario and pigeon, desi and lentil markets with Lara Gilmour.

Developments in the Pakistani market/
Bilal Doni on lower acreages, decreased consumption and new import routes

Bilal Doni, Head of Sales and Trading at Doni and Company talks to Sonia Sharma about the Pakistani harvest, developments in the pulse import market and how Ramadan could impact demand.

Could 2024/25 see a shift away from grains to pulses?/
Brian Clancey’s perspective on global markets

Brian Clancey shares insights into 2023’s global pulse production, the Russian and Chinese markets, and what tracking yellow pea numbers tells us about the plant-based boom.

G. Chandrashekhar/
Trade Talk with G. Chandrashekhar

Chandra provides his view on the estimates and warns of a potential looming disaster for the kharif season.

G. Chandrashekhar/
Rabi season pulse sowing

In this interview, G. Chandrashekhar runs through the final rabi season pulse sowing numbers and gives us his early take on production.

Trade Talk with G. Chandrashekhar/
Rabi Sowing Progress

A recap of the latest rabi season pulse sowing figures and a look at what may lie ahead in 2022-23.

Trade Talk with G. Chandrashekhar/
Rabi Season Sowing

An early look at India's rabi season sowing of pulse crops from renowned policy commentator and global agri-business specialist G. Chandrashekhar.

Trade Talk with G. Chandrashekhar/
India's First Advance Estimate

A discussion about the latest kharif season pulse sowing numbers, the government's first advance estimate and rabi season sowing.

Trade Talk with G. Chandrashekhar/
Rabi Recap and Kharif Sowing Update

In this edition of the GPC's ongoing conversations with G. Chandrashekhar, the Hindu Business Line's senior editor comments on official rabi and kharif figures, discusses several factors that might impact kharif sowing and shares his thoughts on India's pulse import need for 2022-23.

Looking at the way bean consumption is going in Colombia, it’s very likely that production will go up/
Benjamin Perez looks to the future

After a turbulent six months for the pulse trade, Benjamin Perez of Comercializadora Gran Colmado talks about his country’s love for pulses, a black bean boost from Venezuela, and the untapped potential for self-sufficiency in Colombia’s seasonless but fertile farmlands.

Trade Talk with G. Chandrashekhar/
Rabi Harvest Underway

In this edition of the GPC's monthly conversations with G. Chandrashekhar, the senior editor of the Hindu Business Line discusses the rabi harvest, pricing trends, India’s trade policies and more.

For the love of lupins/
The Lupin Co's David Fienberg on the next big plant protein

Speaking to Madaline Dunn from his factory in Perth, David Fienberg, founder and Chief Lupinologist at The Lupin Co, talked about the increasing popularity of the lupin bean, changing diets in Australia and supporting the global effort to popularize lupins for human consumption.

Trade Talk with Jorge Fernandez Gil/
EU regulations are affecting Peruvian exports but domestic demand is ever-increasing

The Peruvian market may be facing challenges from the EU but Jorge Fernandez Gil says new doors are opening for Agro Fergi’s exports and domestic demand is ever-increasing.

Trade Talk with G. Chandrashekar/
Rabi Season Production Estimates

The senior editor of the Hindu Business Line provides preliminary rabi season pulse production figures and discusses imports, demand and the latest headlines.

Trade Talk with G. Chandrashekhar/
India's Pulse Sector in the New Year

In our continuing series of conversations, the senior editor at the Hindu Business Line provides an update on rabi sowing progress, discusses the COVID-19 situation in India and takes us behind some of the recent headlines.

Trade Talk with G. Chandrashekhar/
Rabi Sowing Update

In the GPC's ongoing series of conversations with the senior editor at the Hindu Business Line, we recap the latest rabi sowing numbers, discuss prices and demand, and delve behind some of the recent headlines.

Trade Talk with G. Chandrashekhar/
Rabi Sowing Gets Underway

The late withdrawal of the southeast monsoon left favorable soil moisture conditions behind, but the planting of the crop has not been without its problem.

Rustam Guliev/
Trading in Russia and reinventing business models after Covid-19

How Russian exporters have fared with lifting of the export ban into India.

Trade Talk with Gaurav Jain/
Insights on pulse markets

The founder of AgPulse Analytica shares his insights on pulse markets and where he sees the industry heading.

Balasubramanian Mani/
"India is a long way from attaining pulse self-sufficiency."

The international commodities broker says India is a long way from attaining pulse self-sufficiency.

Trade Talk with Navneet Chhabra/
India's 2021 Kabuli Chickpea Harvest

The GPC continues its coverage of kabuli chickpea markets from around the world. In this interview, we speak with Navneet Chhabra of Global Garbanzo about India's rabi season chickpea harvest and get his take on the market outlook for 2021/22.

An interview with D R Balan/
India Should Allow Pulse Imports

With processing units running below capacity, the South India pulse trader and importer argues for opening up the market.

Rabi Sowing Update/
An interview with G. Chandrashekhar

With the seeding of rabi season pulse crops all but wrapped up, the GPC’s Dario Bard checked in with G. Chandrashekhar.

Trade Talk/
G. Chandrashekhar on the Start of Rabi Sowing

G. Chandrashekhar, senior editor and policy commentator for the Hindu Business Line, on the impact of the late withdrawal of the monsoon on kharif pulse production, the start of rabi season seeding, food price inflation, demand for pulse imports, protests against the recent ag reforms and India’s future pulse consumption.

Trade Talk with Navneet Chhabra/
India’s 2020 Kabuli Rabi Crop

COVID-19 and the Black Sea Region’s Pulse Trade/
An Interview with Denis Plenkin of Agropa Trading

The CEO of a leading brokerage firm dealing in pulses from the Black Sea region weighs in on what to expect in 2020-21.

Trade Talk with Navneet Chhabra/
India's 2020 Kabuli and White Chickpea Rabi Crop

Trade Talk/
G. Chandrashekar on India in the Time of COVID-19

How the world’s top pulse market is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.