How to harvest
As a rule harvesting is done by hand. This work can be improved
by using better tools, for example: a three- pronged lifting fork or hook for
lifting cassava; a sickle for cutting rice; a scythe for cutting grass fodder.

Harvesting
Harvesting must be done at the right moment when the crop is
quite ripe.
For example:
The fruits of the oil palm cut at the right moment yield more
oil.
If you harvest cotton too late, part of the cotton has already
fallen to the ground. It is dirty and sells for less.
If sorghum or millet is harvested too late, the grains fall to
the ground and are
lost.