There is a large variation in harvesting rate as tabulated in Table 1 as it depends on the picking method and plantation strategies (space, nutrients, water) [17,49]. The fruits have to be harvested manually at regular intervals causing this step to be very labour intensive and this potentially affects the production cost [27]. Mechanisation of the process has been proposed to mitigate the cost issue. FACT in 2010 stated that Viridas PLC (a Brazilian company) gave a presentation about a prototype mechanical harvester in Jatropha World Miami 2008. The conceptual design was based on a shaker design used in the olive industry. An American company, Oxbo International Corporation, introduced the Korvan 9240 mechanical Jatropha harvester, as illustrated in Fig. 4, that utilised a dynamic rotor to pick the fruits and allowed continuous harvesting. On the other hand, a robotic arm might be an alternative method but it is not currently feasible due to the low density of yield and low cost of the end product