花生是世界上广泛栽培的主要油料作物之一。在世界油子生产和国际贸易中仅次于大豆而居第二位。花生在五大洲的绝大多数国家和地区均有种植和生产。亚洲种植最多,面积和产量均占世界一半以上,非洲占30％左右,美洲占15％左右,欧洲及大洋洲比重极小。近三十年来,世界花生生产总的趋势是面积和总产都有很大增长,但单产几乎没有 Peanuts are one of the major oilseed crops widely cultivated in the world. In the world’s oil production and international trade second only to soybeans. Peanuts are planted and produced in most countries and regions on five continents. Asia has the largest planting area and output accounting for more than half of the world, Africa accounts for about 30%, the Americas accounted for about 15%, the proportion of Europe and Oceania is extremely small. In the recent three decades, the general trend of peanut production in the world has seen a great increase in both area and total output, but there is almost no yield