Res. Agr. Eng., 2019, 65(4):105-111 | DOI: 10.17221/18/2019-RAE

Evaluation of a manual olive fruit harvester for small producersOriginal Paper

Eddy Plasquy1, Rafael R. Sola-Guiraldo2, María del Carmen Florido3, José M. García*,1, Gregorio Blanco-Roldán2
1 Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de Productos Vegetales (CSIC), Instituto de la Grasa, Sevilla, Spain
2 Departamento de Ingeniería Rural, Grupo de Investigación Mecanización y Tecnología Rural, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
3 Departamento de Cristalograf ía, Mineralogía y Química Agrícola, E.T.S.I.A. Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain *Corresponding autor: jmgarcia@cica.es

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

Published: December 31, 2019  Show citation

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Plasquy E, Sola-Guiraldo RR, Florido MDC, García JM, Blanco-Roldán G. Evaluation of a manual olive fruit harvester for small producers. Res. Agr. Eng. 2019;65(4):105-111. doi: 10.17221/18/2019-RAE.
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