A Survey on some date palm orchards parameters applicable in date palm mechanization

Authors

  • Ahmed NOURANI Scientific and Technical Research Centre for Arid Areas (CRSTRA), Biskra, Algeria and National High School of Agriculture of Algiers, Algeria
  • Ahmed KADRI Scientific and Technical Research Centre for Arid Areas (CRSTRA), Biskra, Algeria
  • Mokhtar MEHENNI Scientific and Technical Research Centre for Arid Areas (CRSTRA), Biskra, Algeria
  • Ahmed SALEM Scientific and Technical Research Centre for Arid Areas (CRSTRA), Biskra, Algeria

Keywords:

date palm – mechanization – height of tree – irrigation mode – service machine

Abstract

The aim of this work is determination a several date palm related-information to be utilized in designing of date palm service machines. Different parameters were collected from 37 farms in Biskra province, due its importance in Algerian dates production, such as: height of trees (to crown), circumferences of trees and position of the dates bunch in the tree, number of tractor, irrigation mode.

According to the results of this survey, several points were defined applicable in date palm mechanization, such as the machine work height must reach up 8 m higher, in minimum and the irrigation channels and the intercropping are, generally, along the rows which facility the displacement of wheeled machine.

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Published

2015-03-23

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 1 (2015): CIGR Journal

Section

III-Equipment Engineering for Plant Production