Pigeon Pea: Market Rates & Sowing Outlook – Kharif 2025

28-May-2025 12:21 PM

Pigeon Pea: Market Rates & Sowing Outlook – Kharif 2025
MSP (Minimum Support Price):
For Kharif 2024: Rs. 7,550 per quintal
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Current Market Prices (On 27 May 2025):
Amravati: Rs. 7,000
Akola: Rs. 7,150
Gulbarga & Bidar: Rs. 7,000
Mumbai (Mozambique variety): Rs. 6,300
Mumbai & Chennai (Lemon variety): ₹6,400
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Sowing Area (in lakh hectares):
★ Kharif 2024: 46.5, Kharif 2023: 40.74 and Normal area: 45.55
★ In Kharif 2024 area increased as compare to Kharif 2023.
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Production Trends:
★ Kharif 2024-25 (Last Year) Production: Estimated at 36 lakh tons
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2025-26 Outlook:
★ IGrain India believes that this year sowing may reach maximum 45 lakh hectares.
★ However, it's too early to make firm projections due to dependence on monsoon and field conditions.

★ In Key Producing States like Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat some farmers are likely to shift towards Corn and Sugarcane, driven by more attractive price prospects, which could influence the final area under pigeon pea.