The 9th International Exhibition and Conference on Agri Machinery, Equipment and Agri Tech Solutions at (EIMA Agrimach) India 2025 opened in New Delhi, bringing together stakeholders to discuss ongoing developments in green fuel based farm mechanisation. The Agrimach event is organised by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the Italian agriculture industry body FEDERUNACOMA in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
EIMA Agrimach is being held at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) campus in Pusa from 27 to 29 November, featuring more than one hundred and seventy five exhibitors and participation from Italy, Japan, Poland, the Netherlands and business visitors from over forty countries. Agrimach is organising several sessions to create awareness among farmers about the latest farm technologies and innovations.
Agrimach 2025: Vision 2047 and Women Farmers
Speaking at Agrimach, Dr Devesh Chaturvedi, Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, said that the move toward electric machinery and rural compressed biogas (CBG) powered equipment is being examined as part of the government’s wider planning for agriculture up to 2047.
Over the next 5–10 years, we should shift our technologies towards green fuels—whether electrically operated tractors or machines running on CBG (compressed biogas) available for rural CBG plants. This transition will bring down both maintenance and operational costs for farmers. Our schemes will increasingly prioritize green-fuel-based technologies. I would urge our Italian industry counterparts to collaborate in this area
He also drew attention to the role of women in agriculture and referred to the United Nations decision to recognise 2026 as the International Year of Women Farmers. Dr Chaturvedi said that the design of farm equipment needs to take into account the physical workload handled by women in day to day farming.
He stressed that gender budgeting should not be limited to allocating machinery to women but should also involve developing tools, both manual and motorised, that can reduce the effort involved in routine agricultural tasks.
India-Italy Links and Scaling Accessibility
EIMA Agrimach also highlighted the growing partnership between India and Italy in the agricultural technology space. Italian Ambassador Antonio Bartoli said that efforts are underway to appoint an Agriculture Attache at the Italian Embassy in New Delhi. The Ambassador also referred to the joint plan proposed by both nations that sets a target of €20 billion in trade. He also noted that approximately twenty Italian companies already operate production units in India.
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Ms Simona Rapastella, Director General of FEDERUNACOMA, referred to the Italian Trade Agency (ICE) report on India, noting that the agricultural machinery sector was valued at $13.7 billion in 2023 and is projected to reach $31.6 billion by 2033, with an estimated annual growth rate of around 9 percent.
She said that cooperation between India and Italy, including Italian production facilities in India and ongoing trade and industrial partnerships, is expected to support this expansion. She also mentioned that FEDERUNACOMA’s export planning forecasts growth in both imports and exports over the coming years.
The FICCI-PwC report titled ‘Farm Mechanisation: The Path Towards a Future-Ready’ India was also released during the event. While presenting the findings, Mr Shashi Kant Singh, Partner at PwC, said that moving from individual ownership to pay-per-use models could help increase the adoption of mechanisation, particularly for equipment that is used only for short periods during the farm cycle.
T R Kesavan, Chairman of the EIMA Agrimach India Organising Committee, said that many machines are used only for a few days each year, which makes ownership expensive and impractical. He suggested that farmers will benefit from service based access in which machinery can be rented or paid for per use.
Ms Sabrina Mangialavori, Deputy Trade Commissioner at the Italian Trade Agency, noted that Indian farmers are steadily adopting a wider range of mechanical solutions, including equipment for tillage, sowing, irrigation, crop protection and threshing.
Mr Subroto Geed, Co Chairman of the FICCI National Agriculture Committee and President for South Asia at Corteva Agriscience, said that the need for mechanisation is becoming more pressing as the world moves toward a projected population of 10 billion by 2050, with India expected to account for a major share of global food demand.