On September 25, 2019, a Meeting of the Commission for Agrarian Innovations was held  at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences on the following topic: “Engineering in Agriculture: its present and future perspectives of development”. The Presenter - Dr. of Technical Sciences, Professor  Nugzar Ebanoidze, Head of Agro-Engineering Department at Scientific Research Center of Agriculture, spoke about Ltd “Mechanizatori” which has service centers in different regions and provides modern tractors and other agricultural machines.  The farmers can get technical services when growing different cultures. Because of high costs on gasoline and other expenditures, the costs for the activities carried out by Ltd. “Mekazatori” – are often very high. Considering the present problems, the presenter suggests that more effective forms of technical services should be offered which will provide service in a lower price and will be more efficient. For this purpose, it is necessary to set up a park of agricultural machines in different regions which will provide local farmers with necessary equipment. Also, it has been stated that there is a deficiency in qualified specialists. At higher education institutions there are limited departments which prepare the specialists in the field of mechanization of agriculture. Moreover, a number of scientific research institutes working on the problem have been closed in the 1970s and 1990s.

The problem of mechanization of agriculture is very urgent and much effort should be applied to make positive steps in this direction.