National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research and International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Abstract
India is the largest producer of groundnut in the world. About 88% of the
groundnut area and production in India is concentrated in five states: Andhra
Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Maharashtra. Nearly 83% of the
total area is under rainy-season groundnut and the other 17% is cultivated during
the postrainy season. During 1995-98, groundnut was grown in India over 7.47
Mha with a total production of 8.02 Mt (CMIE 2000). However, the past three
decades have............
