Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2019) 8(7): 1488-1493 1488 Original Research Article https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2019.807.176 Constraint Analysis of Groundnut Cultivation in YSR District of Andhra Pradesh, India A. Veeraiah 1 , V. Shilpakala 1* , S. Ramalakshmi Devi 2 and K. Ankaiah Kumar 2 1 District Agricultural Advisory and Transfer of Technology Centre, India 2 Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Utukur, Kadapa, YSR District, Andhra Pradesh – 516003, India *Corresponding author ABSTRACT Introduction Groundnut (Arachis hypogea L.,) is one of the world’s important crops, ranking fifth in oil production. In addition, Rhizobia, in association with Groundnut plant fix atmospheric nitrogen into the soil, which improves soil fertility. Groundnut seed is a rich food source providing quality vegetable oil (48% - 50%), Protein (26 – 28%), dietary fibre, minerals and vitamins (Pasupuleti et al., 2013). Globally Groundnut is grown in more than 100 countries situated in tropical, subtropical and worm temperate regions (Upadyay et al., 2012). Total world production of Groundnut was 47 million tonnes from 27 million hectares. China, India, Nigeria, USA, Sudan, Myanmar, Indonesia and Senegal are the major countries producing Groundnut. The average yield of Groundnut International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 8 Number 07 (2019) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com Groundnut (Arachis hypogea L.,) is one of the world’s important crops, ranking fifth in oil production. Groundnut seed is a rich food source providing quality vegetable oil (48%-50%), protein (26%-28%), dietary fibre, minerals and vitamins. Total world production of Groundnut was 47 million tonnes from 27 million hectares. In Andhra Pradesh Groundnut is cultivated in 7.35 lakh hectares with 10.43 lakh tonnes production and 1426 kg/ha productivity. The Groundnut area of YSR district is decreasing and same trend reflected in production and productivity also. In view of the above the present investigation was designed to study the constraints of farmers in Groundnut cultivation in YSR district. The data was collected through interview schedule designed for the purpose. Statistical tools like frequencies, percentages, and rankings were used. The results showed that non-availability of new varieties of seed material, high cost of fertilisers, lack of knowledge on recommended pesticides for each pest and disease, high cost of labour, complications in adoption of improved technology, inadequate quantity of credit, high cost of labour for harvesting, low market price to the produce and occurrence of drought were the important constraints perceived by the majority of respondents. Keywords Groundnut, Constraints analysis, Farmers, Problems Accepted: 12 June 2019 Available Online: 10 July 2019 Article Info