Agricultural Machinery Testing laboratory of ICAERD was established based on the decree of MOA No 75/kpts/OT.210/2/1991. The testing activity was directed to improve standardization and certification of Agricultural Machinery in Indonesia. As the National regulation on testing and evaluation of agricultural machinery, Government of Indonesia (GOI) Decree no 81/2001 (PP 81/2001) stated that all agricultural machinery either locally made or imported used in Indonesia must be tested before release to the market. Further statement in the Decree is that the test should be conducted by competent institutions/testing laboratory which have been accredited.  The Decree indicates that the GOI pay big attention in protecting consumers of agricultural machinery.

In order to fulfill the implementation of the decree, testing institutions/laboratory of agricultural machinery should seriously be able to improve their competency to guarantee the quality of testing results and gain mutual recognition through the National and International accreditation process. Indonesian Center of Agricultural Engineering Research and Development (ICAERD) as National Center for agricultural Machinery development, since 1987 has started to establish and develop National Agricultural Machinery Testing Laboratory as National Testing Center. Through gradual improvement of testing facility, human resource and establishing National Standard of Agricultural Machinery, since October 2003 Testing Laboratory of ICAERD has been recognized as competent testing laboratory through accreditation based on ISO/IEC 17025: 1999.

The laboratory conducts agricultural machinery testing services, both field and laboratory testing. National Standard of Agricultural Machinery which has been developed for the references in conducting testing and evaluation of agricultural machinery are includes Test Codes-Procedures-Methods, and Minimum Technical Performance Requirement of Agricultural Machinery. Through gradually improvement and establishing national dan international collaboration, capacity building of Agricultural Machinery Testing are most directed to test small scale agricultural machinery commonly used in Indonesia. The capacity builing are listed bellow :

Table 1: Testing laboratory facility of ICAERD

No Testing Laboratory                                                          Capacity

1   Testing Laboratory for 4 Wheeled and 2 Wheeled Tractors       Max 100 kW
2   Testing Laboratory for Irrigation Centrifugal Pumps                   Max 250 mm discharge pipe
3   Outdoor Testing Laboratory for grain post harvest machinery.  Var.