FEATURE
Sustainable agriculture S according to BKT
ustainable development of the agricultural industry is one of the greatest global challenges. Exponential growth of the world population means a constant increase in the demand for food and fodder. The need to increase productivity on the one hand, but also to guarantee food quality and security on the other, has imposed new standards and requirements for agricultural machinery, which undergo continuous development and improvements in terms of size, power and performance. It is therefore essential that tractors and other agricultural vehicles and equipment can count on equally modern, efficient and hi-tech tires to help optimize sustainable operations in the field. This is the issue addressed in an exclusive episode available only on BKT Network, in which Piero Torassa, Field Engineer Manager at BKT Europe, sets out the viewpoint of the Indian Group: “There are various new technologies on the market which aim to increase productivity and efficiency in agriculture. In BKT we are researching solutions for tires integrated with sensors and software for precision agriculture. For some time we have had a range of products designed to guarantee the least possible damage to the soil and harvests.� An example of this is the BKT radial tire range AGRIMAX, created to satisfy the needs of
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