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This will badly affect export of oil and peanuts.”Gujarat consumes nearly 2.5 lakh tonnes groundnut oil ever year, while nearly 35,000 tonnes oil and seven lakh tonnes peanuts are exported annually. Though government expects 27 lakh tonnes production, farmers don’t agree. SOMA president Samir Shah said, “We will be declaring our crop estimate in our annual general meeting on October 20. Cchairman, SEAI’s crop estimate committee Govind Pate told TOI,“We will start the survey of production from October 20, but primarily we estimate 50% reduction in groundnut crop this year. President of Khedut Hit Rakshak Samiti Pala Ambalia said, “Groundnut crop requires four rounds of rainfall, while we received only one round this monsoon..