Five IPB University Students Create Innovation of Non-climbing and Anti-breaking Young Coconut Harvesting Tool
Muhammad Daffa’ Faiz Amsari, Gilang Ramdani, Muhammad Wildan Bagir Hakim, Hadyan Faruqi and Ahmad Yusuf Ridho who are students of IPB University succeeded in creating an innovation of young coconut harvesting tools without having to climb trees.
The five students of the Department of Mechanical and Biosystem Engineering (TMB), Faculty of Agricultural Technology (Fateta) represented IPB University in the Student Creativity Program in the field of Innovation Work (PKM KI).
The innovation is named Cocospic (Adjustable Telescopic Sticks and Portable Trolley), which is a young coconut fruit harvesting tool with a telescopic stick system and a portable trolley.
“The telescopic sticks and portable trolley are one unit of the young coconut harvesting tool. The telescopic stick system will adjust the height of the coconut tree so there is no need to climb. Meanwhile, the portable trolley will prevent the young coconuts from breaking by cushioning the impact. This trolley will also deliver the harvest to the collection point without the hassle of transporting it,” explained Daffa’ as the team leader.
TMB IPB lecturer and Cocospic team co-lecturer, Dr Agus Sutejo, pointed out that young coconut fruit that simply falls to the ground will damage the quality of the fruit itself. For this reason, this innovation was initiated.
“We created this tool based on the problems of the coconut harvesting process, namely the vulnerability of accidents and the difficulty of harvesting because of the tall trees. It is also to overcome the fatigue caused by conventional transportation of young coconuts,” said Daffa’.
Cocospic, he continued, comes as an innovative work solution offered as a young coconut harvesting tool without climbing and anti-breaking. The creation of Cocospic will reduce the risk of accidents during harvesting. That way, farmers do not need to climb anymore and avoid the risk of accidents or fatigue during the coconut harvesting process.
Daffa’ said that this tool has also been registered for patents and copyrights. They have also included Cocospic in various expo exhibitions to introduce it to industry players for commercialization.
“Currently, we have also collaborated with PT Riset Nusantara Bogor to test Cocospic in their coconut plantation. This trial aims to prove the success of the young coconut harvesting tool innovation that we have created,” he said.
The representative of PT Riset Nusantara said, “‘This tool will be very useful, especially for tall coconut trees. So far, the harvesting process is still conventional or by climbing.”
In the future, trials and development of climbing-free and anti-breaking young coconut harvesting tools will continue to be carried out to answer all the problems of harvesting coconut fruit, especially young coconuts. (*/Rz) (IAAS/SHY)
