Future lines of European Agricultural Politics will be strongly influenced by the process of European integration and liberation of the World Trade. Increasing competition and intensification process in the whole agricultural sector will follow to remain competitive in the global trade. Competitiveness puts pressures on significant reduction of the production cost/product price ratio of agricultural products.

Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering has a vital input in controlled improving the competitiveness of European Agriculture. Not only because technology plays an important role in production costs of most of the Agricultural products. Adapting agricultural production to the expected changes in the climate, natural resources, politics and economy in a way that takes notice the benefits of business, farming and consumers in each country and area requires professional knowledge and skills in developing, scheduling and adopting the new technology.

Using technology with best add value requires also knowledge to notice and utilize the local and infrastructural conditions, best suited machinery and production technology. It also needs improvements of the rural environment and utilizing the potential of agriculture in many other fields outside its traditional activities, e.g. taking care of nature, welfare services etc.