Author(s): G Mahesh Reddy and Asit Kumar Maiti

Abstract: Groundnut is an important oilseed crop in India. India is the second largest groundnut-producing country in the world next to China. The present study was carried out based on the primary data obtained from framers and marketing intermediaries and secondary data collected from the website of the Directorate of Economics and Statistics. The results revealed that compound growth rates of the Indian and Telangana areas have negative trends while production and productivity were positive over the years. The combined Mahabubnagar district has a positive trend in the area, production and productivity of groundnut. The constraints faced by the farmers during the production and marketing of groundnut are attack of weeds, timely unavailability of labour in peak periods, higher seed costs, no support price to produce, forced sale and higher transportation costs etc.

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