The publication forms part of FAO’s effort to assist its member countries, FAO emergency staff and humanitarian partners to improve emergency preparedness and response effectiveness. The aim of Part I of these Guidelines is to enable Field Officers to clearly...
The case studies allow an assessment of the impact achieved together with observations concerning their relative success. In this way, the document complements two others in this series, the first studies the supply chains for agricultural equipment and the second...
This Occasional Paper examines the role of agricultural mechanization in the agricultural and economic development of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The paper argues that in the light of global changes and challenges the time is ripe to reconsider the potential of...
This paper is specifically about agricultural mechanisation: the opportunities provided by mechanisation for intensifying production in a sustainable manner, in value addition and agri-food value chain development, as well as the inherent opportunities implied for improved local economies and livelihoods....
The manual work carried out by farmers and their families is often both arduous and time consuming and in many countries this is a major constraint to increasing agricultural production. Such day to day drudgery is a major contributory factor...
This book gives a wide-ranging perspective on the present state of mechanization in the developing world and, as such, constitutes a solid platform on which to build strategies for a sustainable future. Farm mechanization forms an integral plank in the...
The issue of investments in agricultural mechanization in Africa and others were addressed at a three-day Round Table Meeting of experts that was convened in Arusha, Tanzania, in June 2009, with the intention of providing guidance on the key...
Experience has shown that a basic prerequisite for successful mechanization of the agricultural sector requires a well-functioning supply chain. To draw lessons for achieving this goal, three studies were conducted in Kenya, Pakistan and
Brazil. The information contained in them has...
该出版物是作物综合管理丛书之一，着重介绍了农业机械化、机械化给可持续集约化生产所带来机遇、附加值和粮食系统发展以及所带来的改善当地经济和生计的机遇。
Addressing the challenges facing agricultural mechanization input supply and farm product processing
The results of the International Commission of Agricultural Engineering meeting are provided in chapter 1. The contribution of the authors, as well as the conclusions and way froward outlined in Chapter 4, encourage the readers and also decision makers...