Technical Sections and Technical Board
CIGR contains a Technical Board and a number of Technical Sections each active in different scientific and technical fields of Agricultural Engineering. Each technical Section is charged with promoting and developing its respective field of science and technology as it relates to agricultural engineering.
Technical Sections
Each section is governed by an International Section Board and presided by a section chair.
The following seven exist at this moment:
- Section I: Land and Water Engineering
- Section II: Farm Buildings, Equipment, Structures and Environment
- Section III: Equipment Engineering for Plant Production
- Section IV: Rural Electricity and other Energy Sources
- Section V: Management, Ergonomics and Systems Engineering
- Section VI: Postharvest Technology and process Engineering
- Section VII: Information Systems
Technical Board
The Technical Board consists of the Presidium and the Chairs of the Technical Sections. Its purpose is to provide direction to technical activity and programs of the society and ensure collaboration between technical sections.
