India mulls contract farming in pulses in Namibia
Faced with a severe shortage of pulses, which have also seen a runaway rise in prices, India has proposed to Namibia taking up contract farming there to boost supplies in the domestic market.
By PTI |
Windhoek (Namibia): Faced with a severe shortage of pulses, which have also seen a runaway rise in prices, India has proposed to Namibia taking up contract farming there to boost supplies in the domestic market.
"We will explore how we could try to do contract farming in Namibia. Namibian farmers would grow pulses on Namibian land, which could then be exported to India," Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh said after his meeting with Namibian Minister of Works, Transport and Communication Joel Kaapanda.
India produces on an average about 14 million tons of pulses and depends on imports to meet the increased demand.
With the rising population, it is expected that the country would import about 2-3 million tons of pulses for the next 25-30 years.
Contract farming of pulses would give an assured supply of pulses to India. While it would also help Namibia in reducing its trade deficit, Ramesh said.
"There would be a buy back guarantee of pulses by the Indian government," he added.
India, the world's largest importer of pulses, has contracted to import total of 14.02 lakh tons of pulses for 2007-08. Out of which 10.7 lakh tons have arrived as on February 8.
"We will explore how we could try to do contract farming in Namibia. Namibian farmers would grow pulses on Namibian land, which could then be exported to India," Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh said after his meeting with Namibian Minister of Works, Transport and Communication Joel Kaapanda.
India produces on an average about 14 million tons of pulses and depends on imports to meet the increased demand.
With the rising population, it is expected that the country would import about 2-3 million tons of pulses for the next 25-30 years.
Contract farming of pulses would give an assured supply of pulses to India. While it would also help Namibia in reducing its trade deficit, Ramesh said.
"There would be a buy back guarantee of pulses by the Indian government," he added.
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India, the world's largest importer of pulses, has contracted to import total of 14.02 lakh tons of pulses for 2007-08. Out of which 10.7 lakh tons have arrived as on February 8.
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