The Agriculture sector is the main area that serves the food needs of the entire human beings. Research in agriculture is aimed towards increase in the productivity, quality and reducing the probability of error introduced by human beings. Although Malaysia is the largest producer and exporter of palm oil in the world, India is the largest palm oil importer. This resulted India into Palm Oil cultivation and production in various states like Andra Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Goa. The palm oil fruit shows variation in color of its exocarp starting from base to apex. The Unripe fruit has a purplish color while the Ripe fruit has a reddish orange color. In order to increase the productivity of palm oil fruits, palm oil industry uses various machine-vision techniques. This paper explains different category of fruits, climatic conditions, field management, diseases and pests and harvesting methods. It also explains various Image processing and fuzzy logic techniques used automated palm fruit grading. © 2016, International Journal of Pharmacy and Technology. All rights reserved.