This publication discusses the role information and communications technology (ICT) plays in agricultural mechanization, which has the potential to transform and improve smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. Although mechanization levels tend to be low in African countries, there...

This report presents and reflects on the opportunities that new technological developments related to automation and precision agriculture (e.g. robotics) can offer to agriculture in developing countries. These technologies are mainly targeted to support farmers that struggle with...

The Farm Mechanization and Training Centre (FMTC) is the only national level training institute for farm machinery...

On 21 September 2020 to support paddy farmers in Anuradhapura district, FAO together with the government of Sri Lanka conducted a field demonstration on sustainable agricultural mechanization (SAM). Methods on hiring and using a 4-wheel tractor powered mobile...

On 15 September 2020, a field demonstration of groundnut pod removal machinery and farmers' training took place in Saliyapura, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.  Thanks to the equipment available from the hub, farmers can harvest half an acre of...

Italy and its agricultural context Italy is classified as...

Before COVID-19 disrupted public life and international travel, thousands of hopeful buyers from around the globe would flock to a field in Cambridgeshire in the British countryside each month with a singular mission: strike a bargain at the world’s largest...

  Restoring agricultural production during and post COVID-19:  A look into Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization (SAM) and hire services in China  

   Responding to COVID-19 impact in agriculture:  The case of Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization in Nepal    By Mayling...