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Groundnuts

Groundnuts

Post-harvest management

Shelling

  • Do not wet the pods before shelling as this may attract fungus development.
  • The nuts should be graded carefully after shelling. 
  • All moldy nuts should be discarded and not fed to livestock as they are toxic because of a high concentration of aflatoxin.
  • Shriveled and broken nuts should be separated.
  • Only clean whole nuts will fetch a high price at the markets.
  • Oil nuts (Mawanga and Mani-Pintar) are mostly bought in pods.
  • Farmers should winnow and grade to ensure that only properly filled pods are presented at the markets.

Storage

  • Store the nuts under a very dry condition since wet conditions enhance fungus development particularly the fungus that causes Aflatoxin.