Groundnut or peanut is an important legume nut known for its multifarious uses including oil production, direct human consumption as food and also animal consumption in the form of. Groundnut is considered a major annual oilseed, and its economic and nutritive quality makes the crop a beneficial enterprise for rural farmers in kenya kipkoech et al. Usually groundnuts also produce a better crop on fields that have been fallowed. Groundnut production agricultural research council. A weather generator and a crop simulation model of bambara groundnut bamnut were incorporated into. Groundnut seed consists of two cotyledons, stem axis and leaf primordia, hypocotyls and primary root. Some pdf documents contain pages of different sizes. In spite of groundnut importance to diets in many developing. Growth and production of groundnut docdeveloppementdurable.
A survey on area, production and productivity of groundnut. Groundnut farming, groundnut is a crop that has a very high demand because of its usefulness in our economy. The international bambara groundnut network bamnet was founded as a result of an international bambara groundnut workshop, held 1416 november 1995 in harare, zimbabwe. The earliest archaeological records of groundnuts in cultivation are from peru. Groundnut present status groundnut is a crop which cultivated in highlands under rainf ed condition in maha season and in paddy lands under irrigation during yala season in dry and. Kharif2018 survey of groundnut crop executive summary groundnut is a major oilseed crop of india and also an important agricultural export commodity. Select the area you want to crop and choose crop to selection if you want to manually select the part of the document you want to crop. Groundnut is the th most important food crop of the world. Ethnological studies of the major indian tribes of south.
Cropping a pdf does not reduce file size because information is merely hidden, not discarded. Usually 12 to 14 laborers can harvest onehectare area of groundnut crop in one. The grains can be used directly for food, or processed for cooking oil and a range. A farmers guide to groundnut production in nigeria.
Heres the guide on how to crop a pdf with pdf candy. Groundnut varieties isolation groundnut is purely a self pollinated crop. In this case, you may want to crop the pages in order to make the file more uniform in appearance. A crop rotation of groundnutcerealcereal helps in efficient nutrient utilization. Vara prasad department of agronomy, kansas state university, manhattan, ks 66506, us vijaya gopal kakani department of plant and soil science, oklahoma state university, stillwater, ok 74078, us hari d. Challenges in groundnut production and adoption of groundnut.
It is generally distributed in the tropical, subtropical and warm temperate zones. Secondly it is a crop with high economic value which can fetch a high price on local. Upadhyaya international crop research institute for the semi arid tropics, patancheru 502 324. The groundnut is particularly valued for its protein content 26%. Effect of planting density on yield components and yield.
Groundnut is a legume with grains that are very nutritious and contain much protein 2325% and oil 4552%. Development of powered groundnut harvester for small and. Arcgrain crops institute, potchefstroom, rsa scheduled dates. Groundnut value chain competitiveness and prospects for developmentv the world bank agriculture global practice west africa gfa01 africa region box 1. Being a legume it can fix atmospheric nitrogen n, which can benefit the crop planted after, so maize and other cereals do well after groundnut in a rotation. The groundnut crop area, production and productivity at national level, state level and anantapuram district level of during 19962000 to 20012006 were collected and presented. Descriptors for bambara groundnut vigna subterranea. Groundnut value chain competitiveness and prospects for. The hypocotyl stops elongating as soon as light strikes the emerging cotyledon. A crop rotation of groundnutcerealcereal helps in efficient nutrient utilization and reduces soilborne diseases and nematodes. Groundnut cultivation requires space for farmers to clear up, transforming the forest then into arable land, this scour forest resources.
Only upload multiple files at one if they have the same size and margins, and you wish to crop them all. One of the best crop rotation systems is one in which a grass fallow is followed by groundnuts. Pdf groundnut production constraints, farming systems, and. The views expressed in this document are the sole responsibility of the. Fewer diseases are also present in groundnuts following a grass crop. The groundnut or peanut is one of the important legume crops of tropical and. Groundnut groundnut seeds contain 40 50% oil, 20 50% protein and 10 20%. Unshelled groundnut after post harvest drying clay sticking on shells. In india, though groundnut is cultivated in one or more seasons kharif, rabi and summer nearly 80% of the annual acreage and production comes from kharif crop juneoctober. Groundnut is major root oop and main source of il cr edible oil in the sudan as well as sesame, cottonseed, and more recently sunflower.
Groundnuts should be grown after a main crop such as maize, small grains, sorghum or millet. Not only will you set the steps that you need to follow to. The document will be updated with new information as it becomes. By resetting the page size, you can restore the page and its content to its original condition. Kharif2018 survey of groundnut crop executive summary. Groundnut is also called as wonder nut and poor mens cashew nut. Pdf a farmers guide to groundnut production in nigeria. It is the worlds 4th most important source of edible oil and 3rd most important source of vegetable protein taru, et al, 2010. While being a valuable source of all the nutrients, it is a lowpriced commodity.
South african registered groundnut cultivars overview. In spite of the oil, agriculture remains the base of the nigerian economy, providing the main source of livelihood for most nigerians. The contents of the document are 1 groundnut crop 2 classes of seed 3 seed certification standards 4 monitoring and inspection 5 technical aspects of groundnut seed production. Choose autocrop to trim all the white margins automatically. The objective of this study was to document the groundnut farmers major. Chapter b agrometeorology and groundnut production the. The function of the hypocotyl is to push the seed to the soil surface during germination, and its length is determined by planting depth. Seed dormancy in groundnut is regulated mainly by testa a maternal tissue in the spanish type and by cotyledons, and embryonic axis both zygotic tissue as well as testa in virginia type. Planting and harvesting calendar first groundnut crop. Deep burying of crop residues in the soil, removal of volunteer groundnut plants are important measures in reducing the primary source of infection. In uganda, groundnut is a staple legume and fast becoming a cash crop okello et al. Optimum plant population density in groundnut varies.
It is one of the most important food and cash crops of our country. Crop whole document in one go pages are rendered on top of each other, blended, so you can easily determine the crop size that matches all pages. Different crops grown in 20162017 cropping season in three. Groundnut grows well in the arid and semiarid tropics, does not require large amounts of inputs and fits well into rainfed crop rotations and intercrop systems. Ethnological studies of the major indian tribes of south america document the widespread culture of groundnut and provide indirect evidence for its domestication long before the spanish conquest. Groundnut or peanut is an important legume nut known for its multifarious uses including oil production, direct human consumption as food and also animal consumption in the form of hay, silage and. Groundnut ringspot virus in florida 2 of pepper, tomatillo, and eggplant were confirmed at several locations in south florida figures 3a, 3b, and 3c. Groundnut therefore plays important roles in household food and nutrition security, and as a source of cash income for smallholder farmers. Groundnut after groundnut in the same field is not advisable as it leads to buildup of diseases and insect pests in the soil. Challenges in groundnut production and adoption of. This handbook aims to be an effective guide to farmers on groundnut crop production and general. Groundnut should be rotated with a wellfertilized cereal crop. Harts arc grain crop institute, potchefstroom inkanyezi.
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