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Abstract
Models for economic evaluation of multi-purpose apple harvest platform and software development
Highlights
Apples rank the second most consumed fruit in the U.S, due to their health benefits, such as improving neurological health and lowering risks of diseases[1,2]
Note: * This case study was conducted based on a $70 000 platform assumption; platform accommodating 6 pickers; processing apple incidence of 10%; apple sorting out rate 90%; harvest, thinning and pruning & training productivity increase as 40%, 50% and 60%, respectively; ** infield sorting system was assumed to be $30 000; [a] platform only used for harvest; [b] platform used for harvest and thinning; [c] platform used for harvest, pruning & training, and thinning; [d] platform used for harvest, thinning, pruning and training, and infield sorting
A software package was developed for the economic evaluation of a multi-purpose apple harvest platform based on the developed cost and benefit models, after reviewing all current harvest platforms. iMPAHP has two sections of platform introduction and economic evaluation
Summary
Apples rank the second most consumed fruit in the U.S, due to their health benefits, such as improving neurological health and lowering risks of diseases (e.g., diabetes and lung cancer)[1,2]. Because of their susceptibility to bruising and lack of suitable technologies[3,4,5,6], apples are still manually harvested by workers, who wear a bushel bucket to temporarily hold harvested apples[7]. Close dependence on seasonal workforce, decreasing availability of harvest workers and increasing labor cost put strains on the U.S apple industry[14]
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