The recently agricultural mechanization in IRAN was greatly influenced by the technological development in the country. Pressurized Irrigation systems, wide variety of tillage implements, and tractors were gradually introduced for farm mechanization. Nowadays implements for tillage, planting, irrigation, and plant protection have been widely accepted by the farmers. Even farmers with small holdings utilize many improved farm equipment through custom hiring to ensure timeliness of farming operations. The present trend in agricultural mechanization is for high capacity machines through custom hiring and for contractual field operations along with small sized machineries for those who have small farm. However, mechanization of horticulture, plantation crops, greenhouse equipment and commercial agriculture is yet to be promoted in the country. The pace of farm mechanization in the country accelerated with the manufacture of agricultural equipment by the local industries. To-day the Iranian farm machinery industries meet the bulk of the requirement of mechanization inputs and also export. The manufacture of agricultural machinery in Iran is quite complex comprising of village artisans, small units, and small-scale industries. The small-scale industries do not sufficiently supported by academic institutions for technological support. These industries, however, upgrade their designs and production processes with experience. Organized sectors confine to the manufacture of machines like tractors, engines, and combine harvesters. These industries have adopted sophisticated production technologies, and some of them match international standards. Since cost of production of farm machinery in Iran is more competitive due to lower labor wages and energy, the exporters from various countries especially from western and Europe will find Iran as a very difficult market for agricultural machinery. As high percent of Iranian farm are small, Iranian market however, shall need small sized implements with competitive price. Along with these demands, intensive indoor cultivation (Greenhouse cultivation) is a fast growing industry in IRAN. In my opinion, Iran has a highly demanding market for Greenhouse structure and equipments, if such products can be offered with a competitive and reasonable cost.

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