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ECONOMICAL PROBLEMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF MECHANISATION FOR LARGE SCALE VEGETABLE GROWING
In the vegetable growing sector production problems were apparent already in the 1960’s which were caused by the shrinkage of the labour force, the deterioration of rentability and last but not least the inadequate technical development of the means of production.
All these had some effect on the vegetable supply of the population, on the satisfaction of the growing demand for vegetable of the canning and refrigerating industry, and on the fulfilment of our export commitments.
Vegetable growing can be considered even now as one of the most labour intensive sectors of agriculture.
Its development largely depends on mechanisation and on raising of its technical level which could bring inside the sector improvements, and on the farms would mean the stabilization of area sizes.
The mechanisation-development of vegetable growing began in the 1960’s with the start of the Hungarian experiments and research work, and with the use of prototype machines of other countries.
Even then it was the aim of the Development Institute for Agricultural Machinery to tackle the mechanisation of vegetable growing in the field of the main vegetable cultures /tomatoes, onions, french beans, paprika, peas, etc./.
In the early period the emphesis was placed on specialised machines, then the technical development work was directed at mechanisation of certain work processes and the substitution of manual labour with mechanical work.