PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY

Abstract

The role of agricultural engineering is determined. The current state of agricultural engineering in Ukraine, namely
the main types of agricultural machinery in agricultural enterprises throughout Ukraine at the end of 2019, was analyzed. If
we analyze the geography of the import of agricultural machinery, we can expect the following situation in terms of product
positions: Germany, 33.33% of the machinery is released to the market, and the USA – 18.34%. Turning to the consideration
of the import of tractors, as the main category of agricultural machinery, we found that the leading importing countries are
Germany - 19.97%, Poland - 12.96% and the Netherlands - 11.76%, other countries - 55.31%
Based on the study of the current state of the agricultural machinery market, the problems slowing down the
development of agricultural machinery were analyzed. In recent years, there has been a reduction in the land potential of
agriculture. The main reasons for this decrease are: deterioration of natural and climatic conditions, depletion of land,
destruction of the technical base, loss of human resources, etc. In the Ukrainian agricultural machinery industry, enterprises
of the old type predominate. Domestic production is characterized by a high production cost (about 80%), low sales rates and
production volumes. The urgent problem of almost all subjects of agricultural machinery production is the low level of
modernization. The main factors limiting investment in the activities of agricultural machinery enterprises of Ukraine are: high
total costs, which make up 80% of production, cost price and low marginal profit.
Prospects for the development of agricultural engineering were considered: the development of automation and
robotization of agriculture; use of artificial intelligence and data analysis technologies; development and production of
environmentally friendly and energy-efficient machines; development of machines supporting sensor technologies and
innovative materials.
The conducted research made it possible to draw the following conclusions. The Ukrainian agricultural machinery
market has great potential for growth