United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Vienna, Austria Questions such as:
- What are the world trend and evolution of agricultural mechanisation?
- What are the factors driving the future demand for agricultural mechanisation at global level?
- What would be the changes in the structure of domestic demand, imports and exports of agricultural machinery over the next 10 years?
- And what would be the future market penetration of selected high-tech innovative agricultural machinery?
are some of the questions that come into mind to several of us.
Based on the review of the available data for agricultural mechanisation and a survey targeting major Associations of Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers, carried out by the authors of this report, found out that investigated questions related to:
- General development tendencies likely to affect the future demand of agricultural mechanisation;
- main field operations for the production of staple crops;
- Trade related to agricultural machinery – including implements, tractors and combines;
- the impact that selected issues (irrigation, organic production, and growth in the bio-fuel/bio-products markets) will have on the demand for agricultural mechanisation; and
- the technological trends for the sector over the next 10 to 20 years.
Please click here to read further information on the survey, including:
- Major challenges for agriculture
- Agricultural mechanisation survey: Data sources and their limitations
- Overview of agricultural mechanisation in different regions of the world
- Future trends and evolution of agricultural mechanisation: Survey results:
Impact factors/drivers
Status and projection of agricultural mech. in surveyed regions
Cross regional comparison - Conclusions
We found the report extremely useful and therefore would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Chakib Jenane from UNIDO for authorising its publication. We are sure that you will find it useful too.
Source: Stefan Böttinger, Reiner Doluschitz and Johannes Klaus, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, and Chakib Jenane and Namal Samarakoon.
