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Pulse Growers Excluded from CFAP Funding Results in Urgent Call to Action
Tuesday May 4th, 2021 The USA Dry Pea & Lentil Council (USADPLC) has confirmed that pulse crops were excluded from additional payments in the third Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) passed by Congress at the end of December 2020. Pulse crops were not alone. Every fruit, vegetable and specialty crop was excluded from the additional payment approved by Congress in December. Other program crops like wheat, barley, corn, soybeans and rice (Price-Trigger/Flat Rate) crops received a $20 per acre payment.
The USADPLC and the Northern Pulse Growers Association (NPGA) have been working for the past year to be included in the coronavirus relief bills. The USADPLC has an office in Washington D.C. that is working every day to represent pulse farmers in the United States. Our industry will continue to push to be included in every coronavirus and economic stimulus bill being considered by Congress.
Over the past 10,000 years,
Cicer arietinum has gone from being a wild bean in the Neolithic Fertile Crescent to a legume so valuable that its seeds are frozen at Svalbard Global Seed Vault to research and cultivate for future generations.
Chickpeas as we know them today (often referred to by their Spanish name
garbanzos) are considered a sustainable, regenerative crop. The plant not only converts atmospheric nitrogen into a soluble form within soil as a natural fertilizer, but also sequesters carbon, is relatively drought tolerant and can help break disease and weed cycles when used as a cover crop.
Grown predominantly in India, chickpeas also are cultivated in Australia, Canada, Mexico, Myanmar, Pakistan, Turkey and the United States. Chickpeas reached a total global market share of 12.7 million tons in 2019, with forecasts projecting substantial growth through 2025 as demand continues to rise.