Development of a prototype dual purpose palm harvester

This proposal outlines a research project aimed at developing cheap and reliable farming equipment for farming communities. The increasing number of abandoned palm farms has led to a significant low in palm fruit production, posing poverty and recovery challenges. The currently motorized palm fruit cart is very high maintenance, very slow, and loud. A lot of workers will have back problems when it comes to operating the mist sprayer. It requires about 2 to 3 days to finish all the work on the farm whether its weed spraying or fruit collecting. This project seeks to address these issues by implementing harvesting equipment that includes mobility, heavy duty, and a way to take care of the farm without taking a toll on human health. Through interdisciplinary approaches, the project aims to create harvesting equipment for sustainable farming that can be used by other farmers, for a cheap and yet useful