Innovative Technology to Improve Farmer Livelihoods with 3-D Printing: The Future of Agricultural Machinery Servicing.

The project will provide the technical proof-of-concept for 3-D printing of spare parts of agricultural machinery. It will assess corresponding business models for printing parts and their delivery. It will also initiate the scaling out to small and medium enterprises

(SME) with a larger follow-up initiative.

Project goals:

Two types of spare parts printed in plastic in sufficient quality. 

Business model pilot concept developed and feedback gathered from interested SME.

Strategy for IP management and sharing of drawings developed.

Proposal for follow-up project submitted to potential donors.