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274<br />

[ 4001 - 6000 ha<br />

111 0- 400 ha 1001 -2000 ha E 6001-10000 ha<br />

U 401 1000 ha 2001 -4000 ha Em 10001- 20000 ha<br />

Figure 1. Chickpea cultivated area in Spain in 1978.<br />

1. C6rdoba, 2. Sevilla, 3. Jan, 4. Badajoz, 5. Mdlaga, 6. Granada, 7. Toledo, 8. Cdidiz, 9. Ciceres,<br />

10. Salamanca, II. Zamora, 12. Le6n, 13. Avila, 14. Guadalajara, 15. Cuenca, 16. Ciudad Real.<br />

chickpea imports; the present area could be multiplied by a factor of 1.5 at<br />

least. The farmers are asking to stop or at least not to increase these<br />

importations.<br />

While diseases like ascochyta blight and fusarium wilt are also important<br />

limiting factors, Mexican imports are the biggest constraint to increased<br />

production.<br />

Cultural Practices<br />

Chickpeas have been traditionally a break crop in the rotation similar to a fallow.<br />

Thus there isa general lack of care in agronomic techniques used to grow them.<br />

The traditional sowing method commonly used in the pre-war period, and even

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