
Groundnut is an important crop of Odisha, cultivated in an area of 1,84000 ha during Kharif and 3,28000 ha during rabi-summer seasons and important for livelihoods of small holder farmers. Shortage of labour for agricultural operation is an important challenge in entire country including Odisha. Groundnut is a labour intensive and post-harvest operations which includes uprooting, stripping and shelling often performed manually is highly labour intensive. Often farm operations are performed manually either due to a lack of information or non-availability of machines.