Groundnut is called the King of Oilseeds because of its high oil content, economic importance, large cultivation area, export ...

To paraphrase Shakespeare slightly, the groundnut, by any other name, would taste as sweet. And so it has been bestowed with a handful of names - peanut, earth nut, goober pea, monkey nut, pig nut and ...

Unpredictable rains pose a serious threat to groundnut farmers, with pre-harvest sprouting causing significant losses. Spanish groundnut varieties, representing nearly 60% of global production, are ...

Groundnut varieties developed by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) over the last two decades have an annual yield gains of about 27 kg per hectare in ...

The main reason Gerald Ssendaula, a former minister of Finance, grows groundnuts is to have them as part of the diet in his household at Kyabbogo village in Masaka City. “I grow them because we eat ...

It is natural for farmers to invariably go in either for a change in their cropping pattern, or in some cases, even stop farming when their crops fail. But it is only a few determined ones who try to ...

Groundnut production in Gujarat, which accounts for more than half of India’s total output of the oilseed, is likely to remain flat at 4.6 million tonnes (MT) during the 2025-26 kharif season despite ...

Sources in the groundnut oil industry confirmed that in a span of last fortnight, prices of groundnut have almost touched Rs 2,300 per 15 litre of tin from around Rs 2,100. he outbreak of Covid-19 has ...

Gujarat registered an impressive growth of 57% in its groundnut exports in fiscal 2020 on the back of strong demand coupled with increased production. Higher realizations due to appreciation in dollar ...