12  Pigeonpea (Arhar)

Figure 12.1: Price and Arrivals of Pigeonpea across Districts of Madhya Pradesh for 2019

In the State of Madhya Pradesh, total arrivals of Pigeonpea during 2019 were 155.827 000’ quintals. The highest arrivals of 26.551 000’ quintals were reported in the district of Raisen and the lowest reported arrivals of 0.001 000’ quintals were in the district of Rajgarh. The average price of Pigeonpea in the State of Madhya Pradesh was Rs. 3612.64 per quintals. The maximum price of Rs. 5180.54 per quintal was reported from the district of Jabalpur and the minimum price of Rs. 1872 per quintal was reported from the district of Bhind.

Figure 12.2: Price and Arrivals of Pigeonpea across Districts of Madhya Pradesh for 2020

In the State of Madhya Pradesh, total arrivals of Pigeonpea during 2020 were 543.326 000’ quintals. The highest arrivals of 77.562 000’ quintals were reported in the district of Jabalpur and the lowest reported arrivals of 0.065 000’ quintals were in the district of Umaria. The average price of Pigeonpea in the State of Madhya Pradesh was Rs. 4191.38 per quintals. The maximum price of Rs. 5110.36 per quintal was reported from the district of Narmdapuram and the minimum price of Rs. 1582.47 per quintal was reported from the district of Rewa.

Figure 12.3: Price and Arrivals of Pigeonpea across Districts of Madhya Pradesh for 2021

In the State of Madhya Pradesh, total arrivals of Pigeonpea during 2021 were 794.109 000’ quintals. The highest arrivals of 120.754 000’ quintals were reported in the district of Jabalpur and the lowest reported arrivals of 0.002 000’ quintals were in the district of Anuppur. The average price of Pigeonpea in the State of Madhya Pradesh was Rs. 5371.95 per quintals. The maximum price of Rs. 6907.07 per quintal was reported from the district of Dhar and the minimum price of Rs. 1550 per quintal was reported from the district of Mandsaur.

Figure 12.4: Price and Arrivals of Pigeonpea across Districts of Madhya Pradesh before COVID-19 outbreak

Figure 12.5: Price and Arrivals of Pigeonpea across Districts of Madhya Pradesh during COVID-19 outbreak

Figure 12.6: Production of Pigeonpea across Districts of Madhya Pradesh for 2019-20

In the State of Madhya Pradesh, total production of Pigeonpea during 2019-20 was 274809 tonnes. The highest production of 57351 tonnes were reported in the district of Singrauli and the lowest reported production of 0 tonnes were in the district of Niwari.

Figure 12.7: Production of Pigeonpea across Districts of Madhya Pradesh for 2020-21

In the State of Madhya Pradesh, total production of Pigeonpea during 2020-21 was 286228 tonnes. The highest production of 49432 tonnes were reported in the district of Narsinghpur and the lowest reported production of 1 tonnes were in the district of Niwari.

Figure 12.8: Categorization of pigeonpea Markets based on Average Price and Arrivals of Pigeonpea

Table 12.1: Average values of production, arrivals and price of Pigeonpea across different categories of markets of Pigeonpea in Madhya Pradesh (2019-21)
Category Production
(Tonnes)
Arrivals
(Tonnes)
Price
(Rs. per quintal)
% of Arrivals
to Production
High Price - High Arrivals 10036 8705 4942 86.73
High Price - Low Arrivals 5315 912 4525 17.16
Low Price - High Arrivals 2562 4036 3177 157.54
Low Price - Low Arrivals 3009 1001 3146 33.26