Towards self-sufficiency in agricultural machinery production in Iran.
Choudhary, M. A., Heydarian, H. and Fatimi, S. A. H.
Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America Year: 1992 Vol: 23 Issue: 3 Pages: 73-76 Ref: 3 ref.
1992
บทคัดย่อ
A study of the policies adopted by the government of Iran in relation to the indigenization of agricultural machinery production was conducted. Data were collected from a number of types of new machinery taken to the Agricultural Engineering Research Testing and Training Center (AERTTC) in Karaj for tests and issue of approval certificates between 1967 and 1989. During the eight-year period 1980-87 (Phase II), a yearly ten-fold increase in new designs was recorded, compared with the previous thirteen-year period 1967-79 (Phase I). After the introduction of an incentive scheme for industry in 1987, the number of new designs tested in Phase III (1988-89) doubled compared with Phase II. Major increases were recorded in tillage (20%); crop protection (19%); postharvest (8%); and irrigation (8%) equipment designs.