World trends and evolution of the agriculture machinery manufacturing sector
- Publikations-Art
- Kongressbeitrag
- Autoren
- Böttinger,S.; Doluschitz,R.; Volz,R.; Paterson,S.; Jenane,C.
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2010
- Veröffentlicht in
- Conference Proceedings
- Seite (von - bis)
- 449
- Tagungsname
- International Conference on Agricultural Engineering - AgEng 2010
- Tagungsort
- Clermont-Ferrand, Frankreich
- Tagungsdatum
- 06.-08.-09.2010
his paper considers the current status and 'impact factors' that drive the demand for agricultural mechanization and technologies in a number of regions of the world. It presents some predictions around what the future profile of agricultural mechanization will be over the next 10-20 years. Research findings were based upon a review of available industry data for agricultural mechanization in the world and a survey targeting major agriculture machinery manufacture associations. The survey investigated issues including, (i) assessing the impact factors that drive the demand for agriculture machinery; (ii) current status and predicted changes in the level of agricultural mechanization; (iii) most important staple crops and which crop/cropping system will require expansion of agricultural mechanization; (iv) future annual growth rates in domestic demand, imports, and exports for a number of major machinery types and sizes; (v) the impact that selected issues (irrigation, organic production, and growth in the bio-fuel/bio-products markets) will have on the demand for agricultural mechanization; and (iv) the predicted technology trends for the sector over the next 10-20 years. The paper concluded that there is major regional variation around the identification and impact of a number of market forces/drivers of agricultural machinery. Many regions of the world will see the economic weight of the industry change over the next 10-20 years. There are also significant variations in the reported predictions that relate to future changes in technology use, for example, ISOBUS, driverless tractors, smart implements, etc. Finally, the paper presents a largely optimistic view on the role that innovative agricultural technologies will play in improving the global agricultural practices and policies of the future.