Globally grain legumes are the second most important group of crops in the world. Together with cereals, they have been dominant staple for human food and animal feed. About one third of dietary protein and almost an equal amount of processed vegetable oils are estimated to come from grain legumes. In the world, total grain legume production exceeds 300 million tons (pulses 61.34 million tons, groundnut 35.50 million tons and soybean 203.16 million tons).