Evaluation of a manual olive fruit harvester for small producers

Eddy Plasquy, Rafael R. Sola-Guiraldo, María del Carmen Florido, José M. García and Gregorio Blanco-Roldán
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Eddy Plasquy: Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de Productos Vegetales (CSIC), Instituto de la Grasa, Sevilla, Spain
Rafael R. Sola-Guiraldo: Departamento de Ingeniería Rural, Grupo de Investigación Mecanización y Tecnología Rural, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
María del Carmen Florido: Departamento de Cristalograf ía, Mineralogía y Química Agrícola, E.T.S.I.A. Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain *Corresponding autor: jmgarcia@cica.es
José M. García: Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de Productos Vegetales (CSIC), Instituto de la Grasa, Sevilla, Spain
Gregorio Blanco-Roldán: Departamento de Ingeniería Rural, Grupo de Investigación Mecanización y Tecnología Rural, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain

Research in Agricultural Engineering, 2019, vol. 65, issue 4, 105-111

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: branch-shaker; harvest efficiency; inverted umbrella; Olea europaea; family orchard (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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