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Abstract: A survey to determine farmers’ practices, perceptions and weed management practices in peanut production was conducted in the Ashanti, Brong Ahafo, Eastern and Volta regions of Ghana in 2001. Peanut was planted as mono crop on 64 % of the fields. Forty one percent of the land was family owned while 33.3% was on lease. The choice of land preparation method seemed to relate to the land tenure system. The slashburn method constituted 71.5 % and tractor ploughing, 25 %. In Brong Ahafo region, 80 % of the farmers planted on ridges while planting was on the flat in the Volta region while Ashanti and Eastern regions had a varied system. Cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica) was ranked as the worst weed by 40.7 % of the farmers and wild poinsettia (Euphorbia heterophylla), the second most important, by 37.5 % with densities ranging from 26-42 plt/m2 and 25