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Olive harvesting, the role played by mechanization

The use of mechanical means is the evolution of a strategic way to decisive increase the productivity of the crop. There are now many cultivars adapted for the proper use of shakers which assure maximum yields
Technology

Mechanized harvest, from tradition to innovation

Olive cultivation is one of the traditional sectors of Italian agriculture with a capability to ensure production par excellence. The leading competitors of producers abroad are pushing the Italian system to acquire more modern technologies for optimizing harvesting to avoid damage to the trees. Many technological innovations have been developed to meet the needs of widely varied types of production
Bioenergy

In the Puglia Region a circular economic model that starts from olive groves

In the framework of the Horizon 2020 programme, the project Agroinlog aims to develop models for the management of agricultural and agroindustrial residual biomass. In the context of the project, which involves a number of partner countries, the pilot experience in the city of Calimera in the province of Lecce plays a key role. It is based on the use of olive prunings and can be reproduced in any territory with the same agricultural vocation, such as Greece
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Olive cultivation: mechanical work to prevent Xylella

Numerous machines and types of equipment are at work in olive cultivations in a series of crop operations for improving the dynamics between the tree and soil to activate the immunological defenses of the plants themselves. Pruning, weeding, removing infestations and grass cover with compatible vegetable species are some of the operations necessary for olive cultivations to fend off Xylella made possible with appropriate mechanical technologies
Technology

Miro Project, an innovative machine for olive cultivations

A project financed by the Rural Development Program for the Umbria Region has produced a prototype of a new concept machine which is especially efficient for harvesting and in other operations for olive cultivations. The new model will be manufactured on an industrial scale by the company Spapperi
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Bosco: advanced technologies for olive harvesting

The Pavia manufacturer, one of the first to enter the the sector of machinery for olive harvesting, has built on the success of these applications to consolidate the company's standing on the market and diversify in the segment of self-propelled machines

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