Abstract: This study was undertaken to determine the impact and influence of socio-economic status of the farmers upon the adoption of new groundnut varieties. The study was conducted in two villages of Tehsil Chakwal. The data was collected with the help of an interviewing schedule and analysed statistically. A non significant relationship was found between groundnut varieties, landholding and adoption process. The relationship between the adoption process, age and education of the farmers was significant. Similarly a higher percentage of adoption is among the owner tenants