Edible oilseeds mainly comprise groundnut, mustard, sesame, safflower, soyabean, and sunflower. Oilseeds contribution to GDP stands only next to cereals and milk. Edible oil accounts for about 5.5 per cent of the family budget occupying the third place, next to cereals and milk. Among the edible oil seeds, groundnut is the most important one accounting for about 46 per cent of the total area under oil seed, about 67 per cent of the total oil seeds production and about 59 per cent of the total edible oil production i n India. In oil seeds ma r k e t i n g v a r i o u s intermediaries are involved and they transfer the oilseeds from producers to ultimate consumers. So the farmer should identify right time and right place to market their produce. Processing and marketing of oil seeds are some of the major factors responsible for the stagnation in the oil seed economy. The oil seeds industry in general and groundnut in particular is faced with many problems and challenges. The inadequacy of cropped area, low productivity lack of adequate supply of quality seeds absence of integrated nutrient supply management, inefficient crop management practices, absence of suitable soil and moisture conservation etc are the major problems in the area of production management. The problem areas of market of oil seeds and groundnut relate to absence of scientific assembling and storage, lack of adequate transport and grading facilities insufficient market information. The role of market intermediaries and the APMC have been found unsatisfactory. High marketing costs and inadequate finance resulting in distress sales in the village local sales at low prices are the other set of marketing problems of groundnut farmers and sellers.