By Vijendra Kumar and R. Bourdeix
What to do when the coconut available is scarce?
In some coconut varieties, especially those located in gardens, it is very difficult to obtain seednuts. We tried to develop a technique usable when you get only one fruit per palm
This fruit analysis process took 30 minutes per coconut to a single man, not including harvest of the fruit, interactions with farmers, and time devoted to locate the variety. It includes 16 successive steps.
What to do when the coconut available is scarce?
In some coconut varieties, especially those located in gardens, it is very difficult to obtain seednuts. We tried to develop a technique usable when you get only one fruit per palm
This fruit analysis process took 30 minutes per coconut to a single man, not including harvest of the fruit, interactions with farmers, and time devoted to locate the variety. It includes 16 successive steps.
- Note the survey numbers
- Note if the fruits in young, turning color, mature or other mature
- Measure longitudinal circumference
- Measure equatorial circumference
- Weight the whole fruit
- Picture the whole fruit
- Spit the coconut in two by sawing
- Sample coconut water (not done this time)
- Weight the whole fruit without free water (the two halves together)
- Clean one half of the whole fruit with water, lemon and toothbrush
- Picture one half of the whole fruit
- Husk the two halves of the fruits
- Weight the husk
- Remove the kernel from the shell
- Weight the shell
- Sample 4 pieces of kernel (cut wash and pack).
