Di Meccanica Agraria, Via L. da Vinci 44, IT-11009 Grugliasco, Italy. Dept. of Agricultural Engineering, P.O. Box 536, DK-8700 Horsens, Denmark. To improve the human health and safety of workers in respect of environmental factors like dust, vibration and microbiological aerosols as well as ergonomics and psychological and social factors like work satisfaction. V is affected of the contemporary economic requirements on agricultural production.
Qualified products have to be verified through the certified institutes.
Difficulties in the analysing techniques cause the certifying of production methods. Microprocessor technique applications development and their limitations, advantages and costs influence the possibilities of automations of work. The environment of the agricultural workers and animals must offer good acceptable conditions. The Goals of the Section are to increase activities in the area and disseminate the information through planning and arranging Seminars and Workshops and publishing activities on the web and special magazines. WG 17 - Models, Methods and Database for Labour and Machinery in Agriculture.