DESCRIPTION
Culinary nuts are typically dry edible seeds or fruits that have a high fat content. The Peanut is a legume crop, which originated in South America, and is grown mainly for its edible seeds. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics, being important to both small and large commercial producers.
World Production
- Worldwide 48,756,790 tonnes of peanut is produced per year.
- China is the largest peanut producer in the world with 17,572,798 tonnes production per year.
- India comes second with 6,727,180 tonnes yearly production.
- With 4,450,050 tonnes of production per year, Nigeria is the third largest producer of peanut.
- China, India and Nigeria produce together more than 50 % of world’s total peanut globally.
- United States of America, with 2,492,980 tonnes of production per year is ranked at 5.
| Country | Production (Tons) | Production per Person (Kg) | Acreage (Hectare) | Yield (Kg / Hectare) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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China | 17,572,798 | 12.607 | 4,508,393 | 3,897.8 |
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India | 6,727,180 | 5.034 | 4,730,770 | 1,422 |
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Nigeria | 4,450,050 | 22.544 | 3,875,267 | 1,148.3 |
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Sudan | 2,828,000 | 69.319 | 3,130,260 | 903.4 |
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United States of America | 2,492,980 | 7.606 | 563,210 | 4,426.4 |
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Myanmar | 1,615,715 | 29.997 | 1,108,664 | 1,457.4 |
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Senegal | 1,421,288 | 90.378 | 1,110,934 | 1,279.4 |
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Argentina | 1,337,229 | 30.054 | 387,014 | 3,455.2 |
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Guinea | 957,662 | 80.587 | 911,993 | 1,050.1 |
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Chad | 939,252 | 61.176 | 824,198 | 1,139.6 |
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Tanzania | 680,000 | 12.546 | 990,000 | 686.9 |
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Brazil | 580,574 | 2.771 | 171,567 | 3,383.9 |
