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The world population is likely to reach 9 billion by 2050. With growing population, decreasing crop yields and decreasing profits, many farmers around the world are giving up farming and are moving to cities in search of easier jobs and better incomes. In this scenario, the vast fertile unutilized lands in Africa with plentiful waters, cheap labour, easy availability of farm machinery make Africa a dream destination to develop as the world’s next breadbasket. One of the countries to embrace this concept is Ethiopia.
Farm Machinery in Ethiopia: In Ethiopia, the agricultural sector dominates the GDP and the exports while providing employment for more than three-quarters of the population. Small land holdings with traditional forms of subsistence farming, basic farm machinery, use of human labour and lack of knowledge about better farming techniques have kept crop yields very low. Another problem in Ethiopia is that most of the available land is damaged due to soil erosion and overgrazing. Large infusions of capital, better farming techniques, as well as better infrastructure, are imperative to increase food production in the country.
Large Scale Farming in Ethiopia: The current government has initiated schemes to alleviate these problems under its Growth and Transformation Plans. One of the methods is to attract international companies to begin large-scale commercial farming. Another is to create multiple opportunities to bring in advanced farming technology and strategies to yield multiple harvests each year and educate the local farming populace. Currently, the government is also giving emphasis to mechanizing large and commercial private farms as well as smallholder farmers. Import of farm machinery in Ethiopia by dealers like SMAG Ethiopia is being supported making it easy to buy farm machinery in Ethiopia.
Mechanization of Farming in Ethiopia: Mechanization of farming is one of the intensive farming techniques extensively adopted by developed countries. Farm machinery like tractors and combine harvesters reduce the human labour involved thus reducing time and cost associated with a crop cycle. Supported by other techniques like planting multiple crops per year, increased use of fertilizers, reducing the frequency of fallow years, this form of food production focuses on increasing crop yield.
Farm machinery like the combine harvester reduces considerable human labour and time required for harvesting. The NEW HOLLAND combine harvester combines three separate operations of harvesting, namely reaping, threshing, and winnowing, into a single machine. New Holland combine harvesters, distributed in Ethiopia by SMAG Ethiopia, cater to mixed and small scale farming needs, even for hillside farming. It has to be mentioned that size of the land, type of crop etc. determine what kind of harvester should be used. Pioneers in combine harvester technology like New Holland continuously innovate with each New Holland combine harvester that they produce to reduce harvesting time allowing for more harvests per season per farm thus increasing crop yield.
SMAG Ethiopia: Saeed Mohammed Al Ghandi and Sons (SMAG), with an experience of over 50 years, is a strategic player in the distribution of New Holland Combine Harvesters and parts in the Middle East and East Africa region. SMAG Ethiopia, the representative office in Ethiopia, effectively services the growing market for farm machinery in Ethiopia. The SMAG Ethiopia office based at Nega City Mall, Addis Ababa supports sales, technical & parts staff with access to an extensive distribution center located in the UAE; all of which is ISO 9001 accredited. More information about the products and services provided is available at SMAG Ethiopia.
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