Performance Evaluation of Yanmar Harvesting Machine in MPOB Bangi, Selangor

Abstract

In agriculture business mostly in the oil palm field, the harvesting activity is very important. Nowadays, the application of mechanization for harvesting purpose in the tall oil palm tree is rarely used and apply by the big company in Malaysia. This situation happen probably due to the lack of information and approach toward them. There are a lot of advantages by using the mechanization in term of harvesting purpose especially FFB harvesting machine. One of the advantage is will reduce the labor usage and cost. Other than that, the application of harvesting machine are very crucial in overcoming the problem of tall oil palm tree. Besides, it will increase the freshness and quality of the bunch since the bunch not fall direct to the soil. The purpose or objective of this study is evaluate the performance of the harvesting machine. This study was done at the MPOB, Bangi Selangor to carry out all the data and details about the harvesting machine. The secondary data was used in other to make the calculation and can know the effectiveness and the efficiency of the harvesting machine. In addition, the understanding about the fuel consumption also important because it is equivalent to the operating cost. From the overall study, it show that the harvesting machine are effective for the harvesting process mostly in reducing the usage of manpower and problem of tall oil palm tree.