Groundnut / Peanut

Peanut is loaded with a high amount of nutrients, vitamins, and antioxidants. As a result, it has a lot of health benefits. When ground into a paste, peanut has quite a number of culinary uses. We get peanut butter which can be used as a spread for bread and an ingredient in a lot of recipes. When used as a whole without grounding, it can be used in salads.

Peanut oil or groundnut oil is perhaps one of the most known uses for peanuts. It is used in a lot of fried foods, especially in Africa.

In agriculture, apart from being a means of livelihood for many farmers, one of the benefits of planting peanuts is that it enhances the soil by fixing nitrogen into it. As a result, it enhances the soil fertility.

Peanuts are also used in the cosmetics industry. Because it is rich in vitamin E and antioxidants, it is used in various skin care products, also peanut oil is a great moisturizer.

The shell from the processing of peanuts, may also serve as an eco-friendly biofuel, known as peanut shell charcoal.