The field activities of transporting fresh fruit bunches (FFB) to roadside collecting points, spreading fertilizers and weedicide spraying can be mechanized to reduce the number of workers, increase worker productivity and the area covered. The normal method for transporting FFB is by wheelbarrow, controlling weeds by knapsack sprayer and applying fertilizer. These activities are hard and tiresome. The worker needs an affordable machine to assist his normal field activities. MPOB has developed a small mechanical carrier – a compact machine with single chassis and a carrying capacity of 300 kg. This machine does not displace workers but helps to ease their fieldwork, hence, allowing them to work longer hours and increase their productivity. As the machine is small, working on terraces is not a problem.

Main Research: Mohd Solah Deraman