The Italian Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers Federation (FederUnacoma) endeavors its presence in Sub-Saharan Africa with special prominence on Ethiopia and Nigeria.
On the sidelines of Agrilevante 2019 Alessandro Malavolti, President of FederUnacoma told the reporter that, “Ethiopia is one of the best countries. The population is huge, you have very superior climate, a climate that we call tropical monsoon, and you have abundant water. Nigeria is also more or less the same. There is possibility to make investment in agriculture in the future,”
“The level of mechanization in both countries is pretty low, so, by putting in the right amount of subsidy and policy, the possibility for investment is huge,” Malavolti said.
Alessandro Malavolti also stated that, “with the proper planning and subsidy amount from Ethiopian government and the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), which aims at the development of agriculture in Ethiopia.”
The international exhibition of machinery and technologies for agricultural supply chains, Agrilevante 2019, took place this week at the Bari exhibition centre from October 10 to 13. Organized by FederUnacoma, the exhibition presented a wide range of technological solutions and is aimed at an audience of farmers, mechanization technicians and foreign operators attending with delegations from 45 countries organized in collaboration with the Italian Trade Agency (ICE Agency).
In addition to the machinery, there was an exhibition of about 500 heads of livestock – including cattle, horses, sheep and goats – of select breeds.
The Italian Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers Federation, formed in 2012 to replace Unacoma (the Italian Farm Machinery Manufacturers Association set up in 1945), brings together, and represents in Italy and abroad, the associations of Italian manufacturers of implements, self-propelled machines, tractors, components and gardening machinery.
FederUnacoma’s pals account for 80 % of italian production with exports accounting for 60 % of this production.
