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Harvesting & Collection
An oil palm begins to produce 3 or 4 years after it has been planted. During that time the grower spend money and work without harvesting any fruit or earning any income.
Harvesting and Collection Harvesting of FFB commences between 24 to 30 months after field planting, depending on the soil type and agronomic and management inputs. Harvesting is done manually, using a chisel in young palms and a sickle mounted on a bamboo or aluminum pole in taller palms.
Various systems for in-field collection of FFB and transportation to the palm oil mill. In view of increasing shortage of workers as well as the need to increase worker productivity, mechanised approaches have been adopted by plantations, an example being the tractor-mounted ‘grabber’
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