If growers have limited soil moisture, they can plant a chickpea crop 250 millimetres into the ground, while most other crops cannot establish from that far down.

Australia the world's largest exporter of chickpeas as Pulse Council pursues further growth
https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-11-05/australia-worlds-largest-chickpea-exporter-pulse-council-growth/103057674

#Chickpea #Garbanzo #Legume #Pulse #chickpeaflakes (a #breakfast change from #cornflakes)

Photos 1. plant, 2. dried beans,
3. Chickpeas, before and after they have been turned into flakes.(ABC Rural: Cara Jeffery)