International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering – CIGR (Commission Internationale du Genie Rural) founded in 1930 in Liège, Belgium, is "an international, non-governmental, non-profit organization consisting of a network of Regional and National Societies of Agricultural Engineering as well as private and public companies and individuals worldwide",[1] the largest and highest international institution in the field.[citation needed] Until 2008, the organisation was known as International Commission of Agricultural Engineering.[2] Its membership includes American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), Asian Association for Agricultural Engineering (AAAE), European Society of Agricultural Engineers (EurAgEng), Latin American and Caribbean Association of Agricultural Engineering (ALIA), South and East African Society of Agricultural Engineering (SEASAE), Euro Asian Association of Agricultural Engineers (EAAAE), Association of Agricultural Engineers of South-Eastern Europe (AAESEE), and many national societies.[3] StructureThe structure of CIGR is divided into seven technical Sections and various working groups. Technical sections promote and develop their respective fields as they relate to agricultural engineering.[4] The Executive Board appoints working groups to "carry out studies on specific subjects of international importance and interest."[5]
JournalCIGR publishes a journal, the Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal. In 2021, the journal had an impact factor of 0.484.[6] It has a SCImago Journal Rank of 0.191 as of 2023. This rank placed it in the third quartile in the "Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering" and "Automotive Engineering" categories and the fourth quartile in the "Agronomy and Crop Science" and "Energy (miscellaneous)" categories. It had an h-index of 28.[7] World CongressesCIGR has held the following World Congresses:[2]
ConferencesEvery four years, CIGR holds the world's largest agricultural technology conference, the CIGR International Conference.[8] The conference years and locations are as follows:[2]
PresidentsThe following have been organization presidents:[2]
iAABEThe International Academy of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering was founded during the 2014 World Congress primarily to recognize outstanding individuals within the field. The academy gives the title of Fellow of iAABE (previously CIGR Fellow).[9] See alsoReferences
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