Feature Groundnut Rapeseed & Mustard Soybean Sunflower

Crop Type Legume (Pulses) Oilseed Oilseed Oilseed

Production (Global) 18.8% (2nd largest) - - -
Season Kharif (primary) Rabi (South India) Kharif Kharif
Rainfed (partly irrigated Irrigated (⅔ area) & Rainfed (irrigated in
Water Requirement in South) Rainfed Rainfed North)
Distribution Gujarat Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Telangana
High (Tamil Nadu -
Yield irrigated) Low (Telangana Andhra Pradesh Karnataka)
Area %3.6 of cropped area %2.5 of cropped area - -
Challenges Low yield in some areas Frost sensitivity fluctuating yield -
90% production in Madhya Pradesh & Concentrated in
Additional Notes - Maharashtra South