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Agriculture | n. phr.
olive harvesting method that consists in beating the tree branches with a pole making the fruit fall on a harvest net.

Example

To dislodge the fruit from the tree canopy without damaging it, the methods of traditional hand pole beating or mechanised vibration are used.

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Additional information

due to its high cost and the damage caused to the tree, which also leads to an increase in alternate bearing, it is used mostly in areas of difficult access or in small plantations.