Production Aspects of Groundnut and Future Prospects

AbstmcL Groundw seeds arc rich in oil (36.54%). andpmain (21.36%). and have a high rnergy w i u 2363 KJ(100g)-1 of seed. They are used f w oil exrmction, as food. and in confccrionrrv ~rcducrs. Thc cake rcminann dfcr extraction is processed for animalfeed and h m n consumpdon. Thc hauim are w i u d as foddcr Cuinwtcd groundnw, a ~ l i w of Sowh America, is nrown on 20 miiiion ha in ahow 80 cowries. wlrh o tom1 oroducrion of 21.5 mili~on I. Tht apprarinuue grogrnphic ltrnim of presrnl convncrcial producnon ore b c w c n laritudes 40'N and 40.3. Groundnut IS mosrlv nrown In Asia followed by Africa. North, and Ccnlrai, and Sowh ~ m r r i c a. ~ ~ o u n d n w crops are found onfarms or oN iwclr ofdt~riopmcnr-from bush clcorrnps in Afr~ca to the highly mechanized high-inpulfarhs of ~ i r r h Carolina and ~ e o r i i a in rhe USA. Prducriv~ry wr i t s accord~ngiy-from 3W kg ha- ' ro 10 r hn-1. The key to high yieidr is rdenlzfying and overcoming the constmznis to productton