The Brazilian state of São Paulo is responsible for 90% of national peanut production

When celebrating Peanut Day, September 13th, the Department of Agriculture and Supply of the State of São Paulo highlights the growth of the national market with a significant participation of varieties resulting from research and rural extension in São Paulo, in addition to the nutritional importance of the products that arrive to consumers. The varieties developed by the Agronomic Institute (IAC-Apta), through the main Peanut Genetic Improvement Program in Brazil, occupy 80% of the planted area in São Paulo, the main producing state and responsible for 90% of all national peanuts. In these areas, the cultivars IAC 503 and IAC OL3 are the most planted and represent 60% of the total. Under the leadership of researcher Ignácio Godoy, the IAC Peanut Genetic Improvement Program is adapted to the new needs and demands of the market, mainly with the development of high oleic peanut cultivars. “This characteristic is very important as it reduces rancidity of the grain and increases the ...