Post harvest management

After harvesting avocadoes, the farmer must carefully handle avocado fruits while transporting them and storing them, otherwise they can suffer from post harvest disorder. These disorders are mainly external: chilling injury fungal damages and mechanical friction damage as well as internal: grey pulp, stained pulp, vesicular browning, vesicular stain and peduncle rot.

Thereafter, avocado fruits are ripened so as to be eaten either alone or combined with other fruits or processed into various products such as: avocado salad recipes, baked products ( cakes),fine soup mixes, appetizers, avocado oil, skin lotions, soaps, shampoos,......