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%.