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The market for agricultural and gardening equipment in Belgium
This is the Economic Dossier of Fedagrim, the Belgian Federation for Agricultural, Horticultural, Livestock Breeding and Gardening equipment. In this Dossier, we present an
economic Balance Sheet of the past year. We place the figures relating to Fedagrim members in a broader context, pointing out certain opportunities, while at the same time focusing attention on some threats. The Dossier offers a guide and barometer for the mechanisation sector in particular, and the agricultural, livestock, gardening and green zones sectors in general.
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While Fedagrim does not wish to draw any comprehensive conclusions based on the last year, it does have the intention and mission to closely monitor and guide the sector in order to make innovation possible and to leave its mark on an important sector. General trends show that the food supply and the related mechanisation have interesting challenges ahead. Taking into account a growing world population and the reduction in the land under cultivation, agriculture will have to significantly increase production levels. Mechanisation and new technologies are important factors in this context.
The past year shows that 2011 was favourable to the mechanisation industry. It remains to be seen whether this trend will continue. This aspect will be the subject of a separate Dossier. The industry itself still appears hopeful, but the broad context in which the economy has to manoeuvre today is by no means a rosy one. Yet let us not be tempted to indulge in defeatism, but let us remain positive – just like the figures! Every crisis is a challenge. That may sound like a witticism, but like every witticism, it does contain a grain of truth. And it is this truth that this report is concerned with.
Jan Packo, Chairman of Fedagrim
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