Agri Con GmbH – aggricultural service company specialised on Precision Farming
Published on 06 February 2018
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Germany
Chemnitz
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About this good practice
Agri Con GmbH is an agricultural service company specialised on innovative Precision Farming (PF) solutions.
Resources needed
In terms of human resources Agri Con GmbH requires a high amount of skilled employees. Currently they have more than 60 employees in their head-quarter in Germany, 65% of them are engineers. Agri Con GmbH pursues an interdisciplinary approach.
Evidence of success
Agri Con GmbH can be seen as good practice because the company has become one of the leading companies in Precision Farming in middle and eastern Europe. They are active in 15 EU countries: Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Austria, Serbia, Romania, Moldavia, Macedonia, Croatia, Slovenia, Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxemburg. Agri Con is very innovative as they are participating in various projects also collaborating with universities and research institutions.
Potential for learning or transfer
Precision Farming can be considered as being potentially interesting for other regions because sustainable food supply can be considered as one of the main challenges in the future because of the rapidly growing world population esp. in the developing countries, the rising demand of agricultural products and limited availability of agricultural area and impacts of climate change. The business opportunities in Precision Farming were researched by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, the biggest consultant company in Europe. They come to the conclusion that at the end of 2014 the global marked Precision Farming reached a volume of 2,3 billion € and the market is rapidly growing with a 12% rate per year until 2020. Currently the main marked is Europe and Northern America, but the main future potentials are in Asia and South America. Currently there is a lack of available technology and skilled employees, but growing rates of 20% per year are seen as realistic.
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Organisation
Aufbauwerk Region Leipzig GmbH
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Germany
Leipzig