An Overview of the World Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing Sector

Authors : Gülfinaz ÖZOĞUL

Pages : 23-30

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Publication Date : 2018-12-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The problem that manufacturers of agricultural machinery are trying to overcome today is that they can develop the most appropriate technologies and products for the world`s arable agricultural areas in different structures. While Europe and North America respectively account for 4% and 10% of the world`s arable land, this rate is 35% for Asia, 24% for Africa, 18% for Latin America and 9% for Australia. Nowadays, rise and diversification of demand for agricultural machinery and equipment depend on such parameters as production patterns, product prices, alternative credit resources, and credit costs. Agricultural needs that are different from each other can only be met by machine-equipment designed and manufactured according to these needs. In this study, analyses of world agriculture sector have been evaluated in terms of agricultural production, income, sectoral structure, rural population, and level of trade and export. By evaluating world agricultural machinery manufacturing industry, technological tendencies, in the sector have been put forward. The most important result of the study is the growth of size in the farms in the developed countries like the USA, Canada, the EU, Australia and in some Latin American countries like Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and the utilization of high technology is the most important advancement in the sector. In these countries, a great number of sales of the agricultural machinery and equipments are mainly for replacing the old technology equipments. On the other hand, the increase of the average farm size affects the sales of the machines per farm negatively. However, this situation does not negatively affect turnover as more expensive machines will be sold. Farmers demand the use of innovative machines for private use and production, multi-tasking possession and include features that can be used in niche production areas. Minimal energy consuming machines summarize safety, efficiency, comfort and versatility expectations.
Keywords : Agricultural machinery, agricultural mechanization