Pole harvesting - A skillful operation in oil palm fresh fruit bunch (FFB) harvest

Authors

  • P Preethi ICAR-Indian Institute of Oil Palm Research, Pedavegi-534 450, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • T Vidhan Singh ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad-500 030, Telangana, India
  • D Ramajayam ICAR-Indian Institute of Oil Palm Research, Pedavegi-534 450, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • M V Prasad ICAR-Indian Institute of Oil Palm Research, Pedavegi-534 450, Andhra Pradesh, India

Abstract

The study demonstrates the importance of skilled pole harvester (PH). Skill in pole harvesting ultimately reduces the human drudgery, time and cost involved in rope and cutlass harvest (RCH) while harvesting oil palm fresh fruit bunches (FFBs). Comparative cumulative harvesting activities in FFB harvest apparently showed that average number of strokes for frond(s) and FFB harvest by skilled PH (8.6) were less than unskilled PH (22.0). The slashing time required to harvest FFB was less in case of skilled PH (2.1 min) compared with RCH (3.2 min.) and unskilled PH (17.8 min.) which eventually is reflected in total slashing and harvesting time for 1 MT FFBs. The difficulty experienced by unskilled PH was likely to be more than RCH and skilled PH method of harvest.

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Published

12-12-2018

How to Cite

Preethi, P., Singh, T. V., Ramajayam, D., & Prasad, M. V. (2018). Pole harvesting - A skillful operation in oil palm fresh fruit bunch (FFB) harvest. Journal of Plantation Crops, 46(3), 204–209. Retrieved from https://updatepublishing.com/journal/index.php/JPC/article/view/5797

Issue

Vol 46, Issue 3 (2018)

Section

Research Articles