Peas are annual plants, with a life cycle of one year. They are a cool-season crop grown in many parts of the world; planting can take place from winter to early summer depending on location. The average pea weighs between 0.1 and 0.36 gram. The immature peas (and in snow peas the tender pod as well) are used as a vegetable, fresh, frozen or canned; varieties of the species typically called field peas are grown to produce dry peas like the split pea shelled from a matured pod. These are the basis of peas porridge and pea soup, staples of medieval cuisine; in Europe, consuming fresh immature green peas was an innovation of early modern cuisine.

Botanical Name - Pisum sativum

ORIGIN : Ethiopia

TOTAL AREA IN INDIA: 549000Ha

TOTAL PRODUCTION IN INDIA: 5680000MT

MAJOR STATES OF PRODUCTION

• Karnataka (Belgaum, Bangalore, Rural, Dharwad, Kolar, Chickmagalore)
• Madhya Pradesh (Ujjain, Durg)
• Rajasthan (Jaipur, Alwar, Jodhpur, Udaipur)
• West Bengal (Nadia, Hoogly, 24 Parganas)
• Punjab (Jalandhar, Amritsar, Hoshyarpur)
• Haryana (Sonepat, Jhajjar, Rohtak, Karnal, Panipat Hisar)
• Assam (Darrang, Kamrup, Nagaon)
• Western Area of Uttar Pradesh
• Himachal Pradesh, Bihar and Orissa

Commercial Varieties: - Arkel, Bonneville, Harbhajan, FC-1, Jawahar Matar 1, Jawahar Matar 2, Jawahar Matar 3, Jawahar Matar 4, Jawahar Matar 5, Jawahar Peas 83, JP 4, (JM 6), JP 19, Lincoin, Mattar Ageta 6, Pantnagar Matar 2, Pant Uphar (IP 3), P 88, PRS 4, and VL 3.

Peak Harvesting Season:-

• Karnataka:- All around year
• Assam: - June to March
• Madhya Pardesh: - Nov, Dec
• Haryana:- Jan, Feb
• Punjab:- March

Export of 2022-23: - 1287 MT

Major Destination: - France, USA, UAE, Bhutan, Egypt, Canada