2025-05-082025-05-082019Plasquy, E., Sola Guiraldo, R.R., Florido Fernández, M.d.C., García, J.M. y Blanco Roldán, G. (2019). Evaluation of a Manual Olive Fruit Harvester for Small Producers. Research in Agricultural Engineering, 65 (4), 105-111. https://doi.org/10.17221/18/2019-RAE.1212-91511805-9376https://hdl.handle.net/11441/172447Harvest 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.application/pdf7 p.engAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Branch-shakerFamily orchardHarvest efficiencyInverted umbrellaOlea europaeainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess10.17221/18/2019-RAE