Malawi Groundnut Production Guide

Best Management Practices for a High Quality Crop

Groundnuts are an important crop in Malawi and contribute to food security and farm income. To produce groundnuts successfully, farmers need to consider each of the following steps found in this production guide. The guide also includes three production packages that growers can select based on the yield potential and quality they want, the resources that are available to buy and their ability to afford these nputs and technologies.

Written by: Justus Chintu, Department of Agricultural Research Services - Chitedze Agricultural Research Station

Wills Munthali, ICRISAT, Lilongwe, Malawi

Rick Brandenburg, Greg Buol and David Jordan, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC USA

Dave Hoisington and Jamie Rhoads, Peanut Innovation Lab, University of Georgia, Athens GA USA