- Cassava roots are highly perishable once harvested hence they are best left in the field and harvested as required.
- It is recommended that the cassava roots once harvested should be in processed form.
9.1 Storage
- Farmers should store in cassava chip in cool dry places after packing the in-gunny bags, cassava chips should be stored in mudded nkhokwe.
9.2 Preservation
- To avoid grain weevils damage, apply 25 g of actellic super dust to 50 kg makaka or 25 g of super grain dust to 50 kg of makaka
9.3 Transportation
- The first post-harvest task is transportation from the site of production to the site of processing and utilization. It was estimated that, on average, 70-person days are needed to carry the harvest from one hectare of land (about 12 tons) over a distance of 1.5 km.
- More percentage of the farm c is cassava is carried directly to farmers' homes than to market place
- Transportation from field to home is by way of motor vehicle, bicycles, carts, but mostly by head-load or back-load
10.0 MARKETING
Cassava can be sold a flesh roots, chips and flour. Farmers can also make money by selling cassava stems as planting materials