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 ...

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 ...

Trying to stick to a healthy diet, but don’t know where exactly to start? Then it’s time to switch to a healthy alternative of oil and what can be better than falling back to the basics. Traditionally ...

Could the oil you use for cooking be the key to boosting your brain health? While we usually make healthy choices when it comes to diet, we often neglect to do so when it comes to choosing cooking oil ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...