Indian PM Narendra Modi dedicates two ‘healthy oil’ groundnut varieties on World Food Day
Two groundnut varieties with high oleic acid content, developed by ICRISAT together with the Indian Counci l of Agricultural Research-Directorate of Groundnut Read more...
New groundnut variety with high oil, high pod yields released in Central India
A new groundnut variety, with 28% higher yields of oil and pods compared to zonal checks, has been released in Chhattisgarh state, Read more...
Groundnut breeding program in Burkina Faso gets a boost with seven new improved groundnut varieties
More than 20 years after the last groundnut seed variety was registered in the seed catalog, the groundnut breeding program in West Read more...
Brisk promotion of improved groundnut and sorghum varieties to take adoption to the next level
Five improved varieties of groundnut and three of sorghum with the best market traits were selected for active promotion in Tanzania after Read more...
Making a mark in the global high oleic oils market
The importance of high oleic (HO) oil groundnuts was highlighted at the High Oleic Congress 2019, an event dedicated to the fast-growing Read more...
India’s first ‘high oleic’ groundnut varieties ready to go commercial
Will serve up healthier oil with longer shelf life After eight years of collaborative work, two high oleic groundnut lines have been Read more...
New groundnut varieties for improved resilience and market competitiveness
Sayilesi Gwizima, 59, from Mchinij district, central Malawi, grows CG 7 groundnut variety. Not unlike many farmers, Gwizima fell for the variety’s Read more...
New groundnut varieties increase profits with 50% cost reduction and better post-harvest management
“Compared to the local groundnut variety, I earned INR 2,000-3,000 (USD 31-46) more per acre from the new improved variety ‘Devi’,” says Read more...
Oil super rich groundnut ICGV 03043 ready to quench India’s thirst for peanut oil
“I’m very pleased with new groundnut variety ICGV 03043 because its seed rate is low, it requires less fertilizer and pesticides, and Read more...
Indian smallholder farmers could soon benefit from the growing confectionary peanut market, as the first-ever high oleic groundnut varieties adapted to India are ready for release
Hyderabad (19 January 2018): To respond to the growing demands for high oleic peanuts, groundnut scientists from the International Crops Research Institute Read more...