Groundnut is second only to soybean in economic importance among the food legumes. Annual world production averages 35 million tons cultivated on over 25 million hectares. Cultivation, processing and trade in groundnut products impact directly on the socio-economic development of a large number of developing and least developed countries.

As a fundamental nourishment edit they play a central part with regard to destitution lessening and nourishment security; their nearby esteem expansion through handling to oil, nourishment items and creature feedstock is fundamental for the improvement of national mechanical texture and the increment within the esteem of national trades.