@incollection{icrisat3215, publisher = {National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research and International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics}, booktitle = {Impact of Agricultural Research: Post-Green Revolution Evidence from India}, address = {Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India}, year = {2005}, title = {Impacts of Improved Groundnut Varieties in India}, pages = {141--152}, author = {U K Deb and M C S Bantilan and S N Nigam}, url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/3215/}, abstract = {India is the largest producer of groundnut in the world. About 88\% of the groundnut area and production in India is concentrated in five states: Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Maharashtra. Nearly 83\% of the total area is under rainy-season groundnut and the other 17\% is cultivated during the postrainy season. During 1995-98, groundnut was grown in India over 7.47 Mha with a total production of 8.02 Mt (CMIE 2000). However, the past three decades have.............} }