Planter’s Yesteryear’s References FYI:
Fermentation Techniques developed by commercial plantation for post-harvesting process focusing to specialized market requirements. References which can be learned and / or adapted to get high-quality FCDBs to process big volume cacao wet beans collected from cacao farmers’ clusters into a centralized post-harvesting facility, reducing cost and improving efficiency to provide competitive quality FCDBs into both local and export markets
improper manuring program can result in reduced yield due to high wilting rate of cherelles and smaller pod size, hence small bean size and low yield. Improper manuring program can result in reduced yield due to high wilting rate of cherelles and smaller pod size, hence small bean size and low yield. With the present low prices for cocoa beans, it is even more important that one should closely every stage along the line from planting to processing to maximise the recovery, ie minimum wastage and at the same time to produce beans of high quality
harvesting interval 7-10 days or 3-4 rounds a month…
five days fermentation with one turn on the third day….procedure recommended by buyers.
moisture of beans just before shipment should not exceed 7.5%
recovery of DFCB at 110/100gm beans is 90%.
Why plant improved and / or accredited variety? Resistant to Pest & Disease (P&D), small pod value, Big Beans ( >90% within AA standard of 110/100 bean count), high butter content, small % shell content, high yield per Hectare EQUALS better profit?
BPI-NSIC Cacao Scion Trees Tagging of PEREGREEN Cacao Nursery, a PDS Affiliated Farm in Mintal, Davao City.
January 19, 2017, ERSAO, J. Center mall, Mandaue, Cebu —
Traveling to Mindanao gives us good memories with dear friends. I was with Kennemer’s Peter Cruz. Over a mug of hot sikwate, we shared with him about the PDS Criollo Search (which is gaining a lot of attention since we launched it) and he was amazed at how white these beans were.