| The aim of this work is determination a several date palm related-information to be utilized in designing of date palm service machines. Different parameters were collected from 37 farms in Biskra province, due its importance in Algerian dates production, such as: height of trees (to crown), circumferences of trees and position of the dates bunch in the tree, number of tractor, irrigation mode. According to the results of this survey, several points were defined applicable in date palm mechanization, such as the machine work height must reach up 8 m higher, in minimum and the irrigation channels and the intercropping are, generally, along the rows which facility the displacement of wheeled machine. |
