Supply-Side Practices and Constraints of the Kola Nut (Cola nitida (Vent) Schott. and Endl.) Value Chain in Ghana: A Descriptive Evidence
Table 11
Processes of packaging and preservation of the kola nuts for storage by the respondents (N = 199).
Packaging and preservation process
Percentage
Put nuts in sacks/baskets lined with leaves/polythene-add fumigation tablet (in cotton/piece of perforated cloth/leaf), cover sacks/baskets with leaves, store, sort intermittently
94.5
Rinse nuts in chemical solution-dry and put in basket lined with leaves, no chemical added, cover basket with leaves, store, sort intermittently
3.0
Put nuts in black polythene bag-add fumigation tablet midway in the polythene bag, seal polythene, store, sort intermittently
0.5
Put nuts in sacks-sprinkle nuts with fumigation powder, cover sack with leaves, store, sort intermittently
0.5
Put nuts in sacks/baskets lined with leaves/polythene-sprinkle nuts with chemical solution, cover with leaves, store, sort intermittently
