India’s pulse policy landscape and its implications for trade

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dc.creatorRoy, Devesh
dc.creatorBoss, Ruchira
dc.creatorPradhan, Mamata
dc.creatorAjmani, Manmeet Singh
dc.date2022-04-05
dc.date2024-04-12T13:36:42Z
dc.date2024-04-12T13:36:42Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:02:32Z
dc.descriptionThe paper attempts to fill a knowledge gap by examining India’s pulse complex, consisting of production, consumption, and trade policies. India’s pulse policies are anchored in a cereal-centric farming system and prioritize national self-sufficiency as well as the mitigation of relative price increases in food. On the farmer side, government policy includes price support (a minimum support price [MSP]) for different pulses initially without procurement, but later backed by public procurement. The MSP plus procurement elicited a comparatively high supply response. Without procurement, the MSP worked only to anchor prices and benefit traders at the farmers’ expense. By not accounting for the needed risk premium (for a supply response) the MSP kept domestic production low. Even as the world’s largest importer of pulses, the scale of pulse imports in India have generally not been large enough to cool its markets and bring down domestic prices. Instantaneous supply adjustments by exporters in response to trade policy changes are difficult.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/140825
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/92896
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/147391
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133278
dc.relationhttps://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/leaving-rcep-a-missed-opportunity-120011601418_1.html
dc.relationhttps://www.theweek.in/news/biz-tech/2018/05/22/from-look-east-act-east-india-must-think-big-and-act-big.html
dc.relationhttps://thediplomat.com/2018/01/how-did-sanctions-impact-myanmar/
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceRoy, Devesh; Boss, Ruchira; Pradhan, Mamata; and Ajmani, Manmeet. 2022. India’s pulse policy landscape and its implications for trade. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2113. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.135842.
dc.subjectpolicies
dc.subjectagricultural products
dc.subjectgrain legumes
dc.subjectcereals
dc.subjecttrade
dc.subjectconsumers
dc.subjectfood prices
dc.titleIndia’s pulse policy landscape and its implications for trade
dc.typeWorking Paper

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