Production constraints in groundnut crop in kadapa district of andhra pradesh

The study was to find out the root causes of drastically declining the area under groundnut crop in Kadapa District of Andhra Pradesh. Results revealed that most of the groundnut farmers were marginal and small who expressed their options ranked in the following manner. The rank I was less remunerative prices for the produce (93%) followed by high cost of cultivation (91.67%) ranked II, uncertainty weather conditions (rainfall)(90%) ranked III, labour scarcity at crucial operations (sowing, weeding & harvesting) (85%) ranked IV facing difficulty in controlling the damage caused by the wild boars in their field (83.33%) ranked V, high wages of labour (80%) ranked VI, damage caused by monkeys (75%) ranked VII, root rot disease (73.33%) ranked VIII, low yields & high seed cost (70%) ranked IX, virus diseases (50%) ranked X, untimely availability of seed (38.33%) ranked XI, red hairy caterpillar damage (33.33%) ranked XII, insufficient groundnut water (25%) ranked XIII, and high weed problem (16.67%) ranked XIV. For the above reasons most the farmers were not able to grow groundnut crop in the district.