One of these crops is the chickpea, a legume that in few years has shown rapid growth in all of its indicators.
The rapid chickpea production growth brings about concerns to the actors of the production chain about whether or not these growth rates are sustainable. The concern is not centered in supply-side restrictions as Argentina has a large endowment of land, technologies and human capital. In contrast, the concern is related to demand-side limitations. Will the chickpea world market continue to absorb higher quantities without causing an important drop in the international price? ¿Which is the limit of the Argentine chickpea exports, and therefore production, given that the world chickpea market is considerably smaller than the rest of the traditional crops’ markets?
This document presents the mentioned issues through the analysis of: i) the Argentine chickpea exports success, ii) the chickpea world market and their main protagonists involved; iii) the chickpea international price recent evolution.
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