Open AccessIdentification, Extraction, Storage and Commercial Development of Potash From Wasting Cocoa Pods in Ghana for the Organic Cosmetics and Fertilizer Industries in Line With Un Sustainable Development Goals
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
advance in environmental waste management and recycling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2641-1784
DOI - 10.33140/aewmr.02.03.02
Subject(s) - husk , potash , cocoa bean , crop , fertilizer , agricultural science , environmental science , agronomy , biology , botany , food science , fermentation
The present study investigated Cocoa as a seasonal crop which constitutes the main income of most cocoa farmers inGhana. Farmers in Ghana and indeed other parts of the world cultivate cocoa solely for its beans. After harvestingand breaking cocoa pods, the pod husk, placenta and the mucilage surrounding the beans are discarded as waste. Itis estimated that for each ton of dried cocoa beans, about 10 tons of husks/pods (fresh weight) are generated.