2.Groundnuts

After oil palm, soybean, rapeseed, and sunflower, groundnut is the world's fifth most important oilseed crop. Groundnut is a major oil, food, and feed legume crop that is produced in over 100 countries, covering 25.44 million hectares and producing 45.22 million tons of pods in 2013. Despite Africa's declining share of the global groundnut market, the crop still accounts for a large portion of export revenues in several countries (for example, 8% in Senegal and over 84 percent in Gambia in 2002). Groundnut is a nutritious food that helps to improve the health of rural people. Groundnut haulms, which contain 8–15 percent protein, 1–3 percent fats, 9–17 percent minerals, and 38–45 percent carbs, are used as cattle feed in both fresh and dried form, as well as for making hay and silage.

**Figure 9.** *SSA cowpea production and yield/ha.*
