In order to research the effect of row or bud direction of cassava cutting on the yield and quality of cassava and peanut in intercropping, the cassava variety South China No.8 and peanut variety Heyou No.12 were used as materials in this study, 4 bud direction treatments of cassava cutting, combing with wide–narrow row cassava intercropping peanut were conducted, east and west bud directions belonged to east–west (E–W) row direction, south and north bud directions belonged to south–north (S–N) row direction. The results showed that: The fresh root yield (FRY) and starch yield (SY) of S–N row direction were 10.7% and 10.1% higher than those of E–W row direction, the peanut pod yield (PPY) of E–W row direction was 8.4% higher than that of S–N row direction. The FRY and SY of 4 bud directions ranked as: the north was the highest, followed by south and east, the west was the lowest. The FRY and SY of north bud direction were 20.5% and 19.7% higher than those of west bud direction, PPY of 4 bud directions ranked as: the west was the highest, followed by south and east, the north was the lowest. The PPY of west bud direction was 19.3% higher than that of north bud direction. North or west cassava row beside peanut row were benefit to increase FRY and SY than south or east row, south or west peanut row beside cassava row were benefit to increase PPY than north or east row.