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Affordable, locally-made mango-sorter can lower production costs: DOST

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Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Photo from Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development website." src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2024/life/01/29/20240129-mango.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Photo from Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development website.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — A mango-sorting machine developed in the Philippines can cut down work and costs a fraction of a commercial machine, the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development said.</p><p>According to its website, the machine developed by the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) uses a computer vision system to sort and classify green mango fruit.</p><p>The system can detect external defects and sort the fruit by weight and size. </p><p>&quot;It works by feeding the mango fruits into the machine through a conveyor belt and passing through an imaging chamber before being sorted directly into the classification bins,&quot; DOST-PCAARRD <a href="https://www.pcaarrd.dost.gov.ph/index.php/quick-information-dispatch-qid-articles/philmech-made-mango-sorting-machine-expected-to-reduce-production-errors-and-optimize-production-process">said</a>.</p><p>&quot;Use of the machine will cut the labor requirements from 20 workers down to two workers,&quot; it added.</p><p>The government&#x27;s farm mechanization program aims to make farming competitive by lowering the cost of production and lessening post-harvest losses through technology.</p><p>DOST-PCAARRD said the machine recorded 94.44-percent accuracy and precision in sorting and grading mango fruits &quot;following international standards for exports&quot; processing up to 720 to 800 pieces of mango per hour.</p><p>The machine developed by PhilMech costs P168,000, or less than a fifth of the price of a commercial machine at around P1 million.</p><div><strong>&#x27;NOT A THREAT TO AGRI JOBS&#x27;</strong></div><p>Lead developer Engineer Arlene Joaquin said that the technology is not a threat to employment noting how manpower is an issue during harvesting season. </p><p>&quot;Ang isa pong problema sa industry ay yung kapag nagsabay-sabay yung harvest, wala pong makuhang tao,&quot; she said.</p><p>&quot;And, [the Mango Sorting Machine] is a very good intervention kasi (kung wala nito) kumukuha pa po sila ng mga laborers sa neighboring towns.&quot;</p><p>The machine will be tested for use in mangoes for export by next year.</p><p>&quot;So, exporters po ang titingin nito based on actual capacity and also for other circular [produce].&quot;</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wtc3cTEH1WY?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

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Affordable, locally-made mango-sorter can lower production costs: DOST

Josiah Antonio,

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Published Jan 29, 2024 06:12 PM PHT

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