An Overview of the World Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing Sector

Year 2018, Volume: 14 Issue: 1, 23 - 30, 30.12.2018

Gülfinaz Özoğul

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

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