Table olives are traditionally harvested manually. However, a shortage of agricultural workers and high labor costs have prompted the search for mechanical solutions. Mechanical harvesting of four cultivars of green table olive, Manzanilla, Hojiblanca, Souri, and Nabali Mouhassan, was compared with manual picking in terms of harvest efficiency and final product quality.…
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Olive cultivation is widespread throughout the Mediterranean region and is important for the rural economy, local heritage and the environment. In 2000, the area under olive groves in the EU was approximately 5.163.000 hectares (1), roughly 4% of the utilisable agricultural area, of which 48% were in Spain and 22.5%…
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