Trade Talk

January 18, 2024

“Production is up 500kMT in 4 years”/
Zirack Andrew on what’s driving Tanzania’s pulse industry

“Production is up 500kMT in 4 years”: “Production is up 500kMT in 4 years” / Zirack Andrew on what’s driving Tanzania’s pulse industry

Luke Wilkinson

Head Writer

At a glance


  • “This year we received really good prices for pigeon peas – around US$1000/MT, and our market intelligence shows that India will be expanding the market even further over the next year, so we predict even higher prices.”
  • “Last time I checked our pigeon pea production was around 220,000 MT, and we’re anticipating an increase up to around 250,000 MT in 2024”
  • “We're expecting a bigger export quota for pigeon peas next year – between 300,000 MT and 400,000 MT.”

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