Abstract:

China and India are the major peanut producing countries in the world, and Shandong Province is the main peanut producing area in China. Zibo is located in central Shandong Province, bordering the main peanut producing area of the province. Zibo has a warm temperate continental monsoon climate and good soil aeration in most areas, and is very suitable for peanut planting. This study summarized the meteorological data of Zibo over the years, consulted the latest information about peanut planting and processing industry at home and abroad, and conducted an overall investigation on peanut cultivation and processing in Zibo by field investigation, telephone interview and questionnaire survey. The relevant results were analyzed and the corresponding suggestions were put forward. The results show that Zibo has a long history of planting peanut and a certain foundation of peanut processing industry, but there are still some problems in peanut production, such as a lack of leading enterprises, poor farmland infrastructure, low comparative benefit of peanut planting, a lack of early warning system of peanut pests, high cost of peanut planting, a lack of high oleic acid peanut industry chain and so on. The study puts forward countermeasures to promote the healthy and rapid development of peanut industry in Zibo, including issuing policies to support leading enterprises, strengthening infrastructure construction of peanut field, popularizing peanut high-yield cultivation techniques to increase peanut planting benefit, establishing early warning system to control peanut pests, accelerating the research and introduction of agricultural machinery suitable for peanut cultivation in mountain areas, and developing the whole industrial chain of peanuts with high oleic acid.

Key words: Zibo, peanut, industry, development status, countermeasures