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Table 4<br />

Production and yield of chickpeas in countries of North Africa, West Asia and South Europe<br />

during 1979a .<br />

Country Area Production Yield<br />

(x 1000 ha) (x 1000 tonnes) (kg/ha)<br />

World 10364 7405 714<br />

North Africa<br />

Algeria 42 23 548<br />

Morocco 62 64 1030<br />

Tunisia 37 20 545<br />

West Asia<br />

Cyprus I I 818<br />

Iran 39 41 1049<br />

Iraq 14 9 597<br />

Jordan I I 385<br />

Lebanon 1 2 1818<br />

Syria 47 33 714<br />

Turkey 180 226 1256<br />

Europe<br />

Bulgaria I I 1000<br />

Greece 10 9 900<br />

Italy 14 17 1213<br />

Portugal 39 12 320<br />

Spain 103 64 621<br />

Yugoslavia I I 600<br />

a. Source: FAQ Production Yearbook, Vol 33, 1979.<br />

raising the winter crop will have to be determined in each agroecological zone<br />

within a country. Finally major campaigns will have to be mounted to demonstrate<br />

the feasibility and advantages of winter planting to the farmers of the<br />

region.<br />

References<br />

CUBERO, J.I. 1975. The research on the chickpea (Cicer arletinum) in Spain. Pages 117-122 in<br />

Proceedings of the International Workshop on Grain Legumes. ICRISAT, Patancheru, A.P.,<br />

India.<br />

DJERBI, M., MALAIKI, A., and BOUSLAMA, M 1979. Food legume diseases in North Africa,<br />

Pages 103-105 in Food Legume Improvement and Development. Pub. IDRC-126e, Ottawa,<br />

Canada.<br />

ESER, D. 1979. Grain legume production in Turkey. Pages 71-74 in Food Legume Improvement and<br />

Development. Pub. IDRC-126e, Ottawa, Canada.

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