Influence Of The Harvesting Aid Equipment In Tomato Harvest [influência Do Auxílio Mecânico Na Colheita De Tomates]

Fresh tomato harvest is traditionally made without harvesting aids. The main goal of this research was to evaluate performance parameters of fresh tomato harvesting aid equipment and compare it to traditional harvest, in the state of São Paulo. Therefore, an equipment was developed and the harvest process was evaluated in four different ways: traditional system (harvest system used in Santa Luzia farm, Brotas, SP, Brazil), picker walking with a harvesting aid equipment, picker seated in a harvesting aid equipment and a composition of both systems: two pickers seated and one picker walking in two different velocities ranges. The different systems using harvesting aid showed an average yield by picker more efficient than reference. Harvest system using three pickers showed an increase of 290% on yield average by picker, on the range of 0.5-1.0 fruit per plant, followed by the systems with a walking picker, that increased productivity in 41%, and picker seated harvester, that showed an increase of 35%. These results demonstrate the importance of using a harvesting aid equipment.263748754AGRIANUAL 2006: anuário estatístico da agricultura brasileira. São Paulo: Instituto FNP Consultoria & Comércio, 2006. 504 pCANÇADO JÚNIOR, F.L., CAMARGO FILHO, W.P., ESTANISLAU, M.L.L., PAIVA, B.M., MAZZEI, A.R., ALVES, H.S., para mesa, T., (2003) Informe Agropecuário, 24 (219), pp. 7-18. , Belo Horizonte, vFERREIRA, M.D., FRANCO, A.T.O., NOGUEIRA, M.F.M., ALMEIDA, R.V.C., TAVARES, M., Avaliação da etapa da colheita em tomates de mesa cv. Débora (2004) Brazilian Journal of Food Technology, 7 (2), pp. 173-178. , Campinas, vDatabase, , http://faostat.fao.org, FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS, FAO, FAOSTAT, Disponível em:, Acesso em: 27 fev. 2006HOOD, C.E., WEBB, B.K., ALPER, Y., SIMS, J.E.T., JOBES, R.A., A new fresh market tomato harvesting system (1975) Transactions of the ASAE, 18 (6), pp. 1021-1026. , St. Joseph, v(2006) Banco de dados, , http://www.iea.sp.gov.br, INSTITUTO DE ECONOMIA AGRÍCOLA, IEA, Disponível em:, Acesso em: 27 fevSANCHEZ, A.C.FERREIRA, M.D.BRAUNBECK, O.A.BRYAN, N. Sistema Unimac - Comparação de produtividade entre duas cultivares de tomate de mesa na colheita com auxílio mecânico. In: WORKSHOP TOMATE NA UNICAMP, 1., 2003, Campinas. Anais... Campinas: Faculdade de Engenharia Agrícola, UNICAMP, 2003. 1 CD-ROMSTOFELLA, P.J., SHERMAN, M., Semi-mechanically harvested fresh-market tomato yields as influenced by harvest date and cultivar. HortScience (1984) Alexandria, 19 (5), pp. 679-681TSUNECHIRO, A., COELHO, P.J., CASER, D.V., AMARAL, A.M.P., MARTINS, V.A., BUENO, C.R.F., GHOBRIL, C.N., Valor da produção agropecuária do Estado de São Paulo em 2005: Estimativa preliminar (2005) Informações Econômicas, 35 (10), pp. 42-52. , São Paulo,