Green Lentils

Size 1x20 ft

Product Type Green lentils

Shipping to All Countries

Location Turkey

According to the 2019 data of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), world lentil production was 5.73 million tons on 4.8 million hectares. Lentil production areas reached the highest point in 2017 (5.9 million ha, according to the latest updates), while a decrease is observed in production areas in 2018 and 2019. The world average yield, which was 115 kg/da in 2018, was 120 kg/da in 2019.Turkey is one of the major lentils- producers of the world with 253 thousand tons of lentils. Most of Turkey’s lentil exports are made to the Middle East countries. The largest markets are Iraq, Sudan, Egypt, and Syria. These countries are followed by Saudi Arabia, Germany, Italy, and Algeria.

Green Lentils

Edible legumes are a source of protein for more than 2 billion people in the world. It is low in fat, high in carbohydrates, and nutritious. 22% of vegetable proteins and 7% of carbohydrates in human nutrition in the world, 38% of the protein in animal nutrition, and 5% of carbohydrates are provided from legumes.

Lentils are one of the first cultivated legumes and plants. 70% of people’s protein needs are of vegetable origin, and 18.5% of this is met by legumes. Lentil, with its 25-28% protein rate in its grains, is a valuable plant in human nutrition, keeps the free nitrogen of the air and enriches the soil with nitrogen, and is suitable as a second crop since it leaves the field early.