Harvesting & Post harvest operations

Harvesting

Harvest at tender stages when the tip is pliable and they snap. For grain purpose pods are harvested when they start drying.
Yield: Green pod yield of 10-20 tons and grain yield of 1.2-1.5 tons per ha.

Post Harvesting

The pods are then to be pre-cooled in shade to reduce the field heat. They are the tied into small bundles and packed. The seeds are sun dried till they become brittle. The seeds are extracted by using bamboo stick or pulse thresher.