Hummus Boom Drives Canadian Farmers to Sow Bumper Chickpea Crop
- Acreage to double amid rising demand for vegetarian food
- That contrasts with decline in lentil, pea crop this year
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The rising appetite for hummus is driving Canada’s farmers to plant the biggest chickpea crop in 11 years.
They’re poised to plant 346,000 acres (140,000 hectares) this season, more than double what was sowed last year, the agriculture ministry said last week in a report. At the same, they’re reducing the area planted with other so-called pulses, such as peas and lentils, amid steep import tariffs in India, the biggest buyer.