POST HARVESTING HANDLING

POST HARVESTING HANDLING

• Harvest well dried baobab fruits and store them in a nkhokwe / storage house
• Construct nkhokwe 0.5 meters from the ground and fence it to a height not less than 1 meter from the ground
• The walls should have gaps for air circulation
• Put the Baobab fruit on the floor and should not exceed 0.6 m height
• The nkhokwe should be a good distance from toilet, animal house and the kitchen
• It should be very strong so that it can be used for more years
• It should be sited on wind ward direction
• Should be sited on land with a slight slope to enable some effective drainage
• It should have a door to keep livestock away
• You should not apply any pesticides to the khola or the fruits

Breaking Baobab Shell

• Make sure the premises are not contaminated with any chemicals. If it’s a house refer to its history of chemical use
• The Environment surrounding the house should be clean(litter free)
• There should be a fence surrounding the house to prevent livestock
• Its windows should be covered with nets.

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Before breaking the fruit gather the following tools:

1. Panga knife

2. Clean mat preferably new.

3. A clean sack preferably new

4. A bucket with water

5. A plunk where baobab fruit should be resting before breaking

6. Protective clothing and mask

7. A plastic paper of more than one meter to be put on your legs during operation.