Drop in chickpea crop could have serious impact on countries such as India, Bangladesh and Pakistan
Growers are warning of a global chickpea shortage, endangering supplies of hummus just as barbecue season gets into gear, in a development which could have serious consequences for countries that rely on the pulses as an essential source of protein.
Sanctions after the invasion of Ukraine have interrupted shipments from Russia, which is usually a top chickpea exporter accounting for about a quarter of global trade, according to Navneet Singh Chhabra, the director of Shree Sheela International, a global chickpea trader and brokerage firm.Ukraine, meanwhile, could not seed its total chickpea crop due to the war, removing 50,000 tonnes that is usually bound for Europe.
“When the Russia-Ukraine war broke out, the demand boomed. We saw strong demand from China, then it was calls from customers in Pakistan and Bangladesh.” The price of a range of hummus products in the main British supermarkets has risen by up to 100% since January, according to data supplied to the Guardian by the research group Assosia. However, the picture is mixed, with some prices unchanged and others up by a more modest 6% or 10%. In the US, chickpeas are now 12% more expensive than they were last year and nearly 17% higher than before the Covid-19 pandemic, according to NielsenIQ data seen by Reuters.
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