Evaluation of a Manual Olive Fruit Harvester for Small Producers
Harvest facilities limit the possibilities of small producers to produce a high-quality olive fruit. This paper discusses the efficiency of a newly designed manual picking device as a possible solution to these specific challenges as confronted in most regions of the Mediterranean basis. The efficie...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2019 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universidad de Sevilla (US) |
| Repository: | idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:idus.us.es:11441/172447 |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/172447 https://doi.org/10.17221/18/2019-RAE |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Branch-shaker Family orchard Harvest efficiency Inverted umbrella Olea europaea |
| Summary: | Harvest facilities limit the possibilities of small producers to produce a high-quality olive fruit. This paper discusses the efficiency of a newly designed manual picking device as a possible solution to these specific challenges as confronted in most regions of the Mediterranean basis. The efficiency and cost of the picking method were compared to traditional olive picking using nets, taking a different number of operators and branch shakers into account. |
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