OAR@ICRISATThe ICRISAT Groundnut ProgramDMcDonaldauthorIn 1976 (CRISAT was desrgnatsd a world center for the rmpro~ment0 1 yrrM and qurlrty 01 groundnut and to act as a world re~~~rtloorr yth e genetc resources 01 the cultrvatsd Awh18 hypogaea and Its WIM relatrws rn the genus Arachrs About 6% 01 the world's groundnuts are produced by small hrmers rn the semr-artd troprcs (SA Tb but yrelds are low a1 around 780 kglha of dnsd pods The potentla1 yreMs are over 5000 kg ha but cannot be attarned becausr of such COnStramtS as drs(~sesp.e sts, and unmlrable rsrnlall Thrs pamr drscusses these and other produciron constrarnts and outl~nesre search berng done on them by the ICRISA T Groundnut lmprowmrnt Program The establrshment of the ICRISA T Regronal Groundnut Program rn Southern Afrrca and our prolected cooperatrve programs lor Southeast Asra and West Alrrca wtll greatly rncrwsr the scope 01 the ICRISA T Groundnut Program to assrst nalronal programs In all aspects ol research on groundnut problemsGroundnut1985Conference or Workshop Item

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