Why doesn't portugal grow more chickpeas

In Portugal (INE, 2013), the production of chickpeas represents 17% of national production of grain legumes.
Even though in Portugal the proportion of consumption of chickpeas/capita/ year is only 1kg and the domestic
supply quantity is not enough (10%), making imports up to 71×103 ton per year. But why don’t we grow
chickpeas in Portugal?

Presented at 2017 Congresso ILC – Serbia as part of the Euro Legumes Project

Isabel Duarte*; Graça Pereira; Manuela Meneses and Carina Barcelos
INIAV, Elvas, Apartado 6, 7350-951 Elvas. Portugal;
* Corresponding author: Isabel Duarte – [email protected]

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