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Farmer’s evaluation of a rolling canvas prototype against his own system for harvesting olives
| Summary: | An olive grower was invited to organise a full day harvesting test based on two rolling canvas prototypes, using his own trunk shaker, tractors and labour. This paper reports the results observed, making also a comparison with the usual harvesting method followed by the farmer, based on a trunk shaker and canvas manually placed under the trees. Results show that the rolling canvas based system has got a slightly higher work rate, and according to the workers, is less demanding in terms of physical effort. |
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| Main Authors: | Almeida, Arlindo |
| Other Authors: | Peça, José; Pinheiro, Anacleto; Dias, António; Santos, Luís S.S.; Lopes, João; Gomes, José |
| Subject: | Olives Mechanical harvesting ±400 trees/ha |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Document type: | conference paper |
| Access type: | open access |
| Associated institution: | Instituto Politécnico de Bragança |
| Language: | English |
| Origin: | Biblioteca Digital do IPB |
| Summary: | An olive grower was invited to organise a full day harvesting test based on two rolling canvas prototypes, using his own trunk shaker, tractors and labour. This paper reports the results observed, making also a comparison with the usual harvesting method followed by the farmer, based on a trunk shaker and canvas manually placed under the trees. Results show that the rolling canvas based system has got a slightly higher work rate, and according to the workers, is less demanding in terms of physical effort. |
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